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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Swenson say Marina must do or Swenson will drop her on the shore?
(a) Listen to Swenson.
(b) Agree to hear all sides of the research issue.
(c) Go back after one week.
(d) Toughen up.

2. What else besides fertility do the trees affect?
(a) Protect against malaria.
(b) Protect against most cancers.
(c) Protect against dengue fever.
(d) Cause growth spurts.

3. What do the Lakashi women eat?
(a) A small lizard.
(b) A small rodent.
(c) An indigenous purple plant.
(d) The bark of a tree.

4. What does Marina learn about the trees that produce the fertility compound?
(a) Each tree is hundreds of years old.
(b) Each tree has a root system spanning several hundred feet.
(c) It is actually only one tree.
(d) The trees only live in a small area of the jungle.

5. Why does Marina perform under the supervision of Dr. Swenson?
(a) An appendectomy.
(b) Surgery to removed a large skin cancer.
(c) A C-section.
(d) A delicate lab experiement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shakes up Barbara?

2. What does Swenson advise Marina to stop doing?

3. Who is likely Hummocca?

4. Who is involved with the Lakashi tribe?

5. What have the Bovenders admitted to Marina?

(see the answer key)

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