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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shakes up Barbara?
(a) Marina mentioning that Anders is dead.
(b) Marina saying the drug company is pullilng Dr. Swenson's funding.
(c) Marina accusing her of collusion with Dr. Swenson.
(d) Marina saying that Anders is missing in the jungle.

2. What does Marina learn when she arrives in Manaus?
(a) Her luggage is lost.
(b) Fox has called her twice.
(c) Dr. Swenson is unavailable.
(d) Her mother is ill.

3. Who is tall, tan and blond?
(a) Jackie Bovender.
(b) Barbara Bovender.
(c) Dr. Swenson.
(d) Anders.

4. Who was with Anders when he died?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Milton.
(c) Easter.
(d) Swenson.

5. What does Milton say the Bovenders feel towards Marina?
(a) They are beginning to like her.
(b) They dislike her.
(c) They think she is not sympathetic towards Dr. Swenson's work.
(d) They find her too forward.

6. What does Jackie ask about the opera players?
(a) Why a woman is playing the role of the lead man.
(b) Why anyone would want to listen to such music.
(c) Whether Marina went to the opera at home.
(d) If Marina has ever heard this opera.

7. What happens to Marina in the following days?
(a) She is in a fight with Jackie over the letters she takes.
(b) She becomes ill with fever.
(c) She becomes good friends with Barbara.
(d) She becomes irritated with Dr. Swenson.

8. How long has it been since Fox has heard from Dr. Swenson?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 14 months.

9. Why does Milton lead Marina into the water?
(a) She is faint from heat.
(b) He wants to show her a particular fish species.
(c) He does not take her in the water.
(d) He wants to scare her.

10. Who is Anders Eckman?
(a) Marina Singh's brother-in-law.
(b) Marina Singh's co-worker.
(c) Marina Singh's boss.
(d) Marina Singh's fiance.

11. For how long has Anders been dead when Marina receives a letter from the Amazon?
(a) 24 days.
(b) 21 weeks.
(c) 2 1/2 months.
(d) 2 days.

12. What does Marina do at Dr. Swenson's apartment that the Bovenders refrain from doing?
(a) Taking a book from the library to read.
(b) Going through Dr. Swenson's mail.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Reading a visitor log.

13. Who are the Bovenders?
(a) A young, Bohemian couple.
(b) A middle-aged English couple.
(c) An elderly German couple.
(d) An elderly Swiss couple.

14. Why does Marina go to Rodrigo's store?
(a) To pay her bill there.
(b) To pick up supplies for the jungle.
(c) To inquire about Dr. Swenson.
(d) To inquire about Anders.

15. What is implied in Swenson's story about Anders?
(a) That Marina should start back on the drugs she threw away.
(b) That Anders was an exception to how Swenson feels about intruders.
(c) That Vogel should send her another assistant.
(d) That Marina should leave as soon as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marina throw away at the airport?

2. What does Fox want to do?

3. Who is Josh Su?

4. What does Marina leave with the lobby clerk?

5. What does Marina think of the opera house?

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