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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much older is Fox than Marina?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 12 years.

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Mr. Fox?
(a) Marina's brother.
(b) Anders' brother-in-law.
(c) Anders' father-in-law.
(d) Marina's lover.

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

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

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

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

13. Where is Marina's mother raised?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) New York.
(d) Wisconsin.

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

15. Where do Jackie, Barbara, Milton, and Marina go?
(a) To find Dr. Swenson.
(b) To the ocean.
(c) To the market fiesta.
(d) To the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milton say the Bovenders feel towards Marina?

2. What does Marina recall about Dr. Swenson?

3. How long does Marina's marriage last?

4. How long passes before the Bovenders contact Marina?

5. What is implied in Swenson's story about Anders?

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