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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 do as far as ill tribal members?
(a) Treat them.
(b) Refer them to a hospital upstream.
(c) Refer them to a doctor in another village.
(d) Leave them to find their own ways of healing.

2. What is the Bovenders' connection with Dr. Swenson?
(a) They watch her apartment.
(b) They are friends of hers from medical school.
(c) They are her in-laws.
(d) They are friends of hers from her home town.

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

4. What have the Bovenders admitted to Marina?
(a) They have received none of her correspondence.
(b) They have only meet Dr. Swenson once.
(c) They are not allowed to tell Marina when Dr. Swenson will be back in town.
(d) They are not allowed to tell Marina how to find Dr. Swenson.

5. Why does Milton take Marina to his brother-in-law's store?
(a) For her to purchase supplies.
(b) To look at a medical problem the man is having.
(c) To talk to him about Anders.
(d) To meet him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the only thing that grows near the fertility trees a type of hallucinogenic mushroom?

2. What do the purple moths called martinets do?

3. What does Marina think Swenson is implying when talking about Anders?

4. How old does Marina realize Dr. Swenson is?

5. How are there a high number of visible trunks on the fertility trees?

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