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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strongest punishment that Bruce witnesses the Motilone use on their children?

2. What had the Motilone done for the man who asked Bobby to stop when he was on his way home in Chapter 24?

3. Why does Bobby go down river in Chapter 24 with two other Motilone?

4. What does Bruce watch crawl across the ceiling when he lays in his hammock?

5. What does Bruce say when the Minister of Health says that Gloria cannot fulfill her year of medical service in Tibu?

Short Essay Questions

1. After meeting with Gloria's mother in Chapter 24, why does Bruce not go back to Tibu.

2. How does Bruce discover that the Motilone language is a tonal language?

3. How does Bobby die?

4. Why are two men shouting on the trail when Bruce and others near Norecayra?

5. What happens during the ceremony when Cobaydra becomes a man?

6. Why is it strange that when the Motilones go to tell the Yukos about Jesus, the Yukos understand them?

7. What game do the Yuko play that would upset the Motilones?

8. Why do the Motilone not shoot any man or animal who is about to die a natural death?

9. How does Bobby act when his daughter dies?

10. Describe Bobby's funeral.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether Bruce believes that it is or is not possible to promote positive change without tearing apart social structures or culture. Use examples from Bruchko.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast the Motilone and Yuko Indians before and after they became Christians.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the story of the Motilone and the ants and the story of Jesus coming to earth as a man.

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