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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marina do over the next few days?
(a) Waits for Dr. Swenson to return to town.
(b) Sightsees.
(c) Visits the Bovenders numerous times but they never answer the door.
(d) Writes her impressions of the area.

2. What does Fox want to do?
(a) Fire Dr. Swenson.
(b) Go recover Anders' body.
(c) Go with Marina to Brazil.
(d) Send Marina to Brazil.

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

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

5. What does Marina leave with the lobby clerk?
(a) Money to hold her room for a week.
(b) A few letters to post.
(c) A note for Milton.
(d) Barbara's things and a note.

6. What does the letter from Dr. Swenson say about Anders?
(a) Anders is very ill and is expected to die.
(b) Anders was bitten by a poisonous snake and died.
(c) Anders was killed by some guerillas.
(d) Anders died of a fever and is buried in the jungle.

7. What does Fox expect Marina to do?
(a) Stay in town a little longer.
(b) Come home.
(c) Follow Swenson to the jungle.
(d) Make some inquires around town.

8. Who is Milton?
(a) A good friend of Anders.
(b) A representative from another drug company.
(c) Dr. Swenson's lover.
(d) The man who picks up Marina at the airport.

9. What is Lariam?
(a) A rope used to keep crocodiles out of an area.
(b) A small village in the jungles of Brazil.
(c) An anti-malarial drug.
(d) A type of outer jacket worn by some Brazilian aboriginals.

10. 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 wants to scare her.
(d) He does not take her in the water.

11. What does Marina do when she gets home and Fox is there?
(a) Yells at him.
(b) Refuses to speak to him.
(c) Cries.
(d) Asks him to send someone else.

12. What does Fox give Marina on the way to the airport?
(a) A picture of him.
(b) A poem he wrote for her.
(c) A GPS phone.
(d) A credit card.

13. Why is Marina left behind as Dr. Swenson and the others start to walk?
(a) She is told they have private things to discuss.
(b) She gets distracted by a street musician.
(c) She cannot keep up in her heels.
(d) She is waylaid by a former Volgel researcher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Lakashi women eat?

2. Where do Marina and Mr. Fox go?

3. What happens to Marina in the following days?

4. What do the Bovenders decide to do with Marina until Dr. Swenson can be reached?

5. How does Dr. Swenson take to the idea of Marina coming into the jungle with her?

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