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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barbara make an almost-fatal error?
(a) She allows several of the Hummocca tribal members on the boat.
(b) She does not bring enough gas along on the trip.
(c) She leads Mr. Fox to the Hummocca tribe.
(d) She gets the boat grounded in a dangerous area.

2. How does Marina feel in Manaus?
(a) Affronted.
(b) Confronted.
(c) Accepted.
(d) Uneasy.

3. What causes Marina to quit her residency program?
(a) She harms a baby.
(b) She gets pregnant.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She decides she hates medicine.

4. What horrifies Marina when they take a break from their trip on the river?
(a) A crocodile almost grabs Easter as he is hanging over the side fishing.
(b) Dr. Swenson jumps in the river.
(c) Easter jumps overboard.
(d) A snake falls into the boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Lakashi women eat?

2. What does Marina realize about Alan Saturn's work and the Lakashi?

3. Who chose the interns who accompanied Dr. Rapp?

4. Why does Marina grab Fox tightly?

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

(see the answer key)

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