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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the only thing that grows near the fertility trees a type of hallucinogenic mushroom?
(a) The fertility trees poison the ground around them.
(b) The hallucinogenic mushrooms poisons the ground.
(c) The fertility trees have such a thick canopy that sun does not get to the earth to promote other growth.
(d) The fertility trees need a very acidic soil to thrive and not much else can grown in such an environment.

2. What has Easter been giving Marina?
(a) Letters from Anders to Karen.
(b) Seed pods.
(c) Feathers.
(d) A variety of natural objects.

3. Why does Saturn stop traveling with Rapp?
(a) He gets yellow fever.
(b) He gets malaria.
(c) He gets dengue fever.
(d) He gets blackwater fever.

4. Why does Marina grab Fox tightly?
(a) He is despondent.
(b) To emphasize a point she is making.
(c) She is being silly.
(d) He almost steps on a snake.

5. Who meets the boat?
(a) The Lakashi shaman.
(b) Anders.
(c) The entire Lakashi tribe.
(d) Easter's parents.

6. What does Marina think Fox should have told her?
(a) That Vogel is paying other doctors to work on the projects.
(b) That Swenson was not in charge.
(c) That the Lakashi people were under government protection.
(d) That Anders had a son there.

7. What does Benoit find in a vegetative area of the river?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A boa constrictor.
(c) An anaconda.
(d) A caimen.

8. What are two characteristics that Nancy points out about Dr. Rapp?
(a) Coldness and infidelity.
(b) Efficiency and insightful.
(c) Warmth and charm.
(d) Insightful and compassionate.

9. What is one thing in Easter's small storage box?
(a) A leather belt.
(b) A hat.
(c) Several shells.
(d) Feathers.

10. Where does Marina find Anders' passport and driver's license?
(a) In Easter's box.
(b) In a niche in the wall.
(c) Under the mattress of the cot where she is sleeping.
(d) Under the cot where she is sleeping.

11. Why does Swenson want Marina to stay?
(a) To help the Lakashi fend off unwanted visitors.
(b) To bury Dr. Swenson.
(c) To find the answer to the mystery of Anders' disappearance.
(d) To give the researchers time to finish developing the malaria drug.

12. What does Saturn say Rapp taught the young men?
(a) How to deal with the native peoples.
(b) How to survive in the jungle.
(c) How to create a research project.
(d) How to be men.

13. What are the hallucinogenic mushrooms called?
(a) Rapps.
(b) Eaters.
(c) Nifters.
(d) Clouds.

14. What does Swenson want of Marina?
(a) To go into the deep jungle.
(b) To quit Vogel and start up a new research company.
(c) To return to Vogel and plead Swenson's case.
(d) To stay and deliver Swenson's baby.

15. What does Marina do when she falls asleep?
(a) Dreams of Anders.
(b) Dreams of cocodiles in the boat.
(c) Dreams of home.
(d) Dreams of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the crew of the boat greeted?

2. What does Dr. Swenson believe is good for the health?

3. What are the scientists unable to do?

4. What does Dr. Swenson often do when she is a member of Dr. Rapp's research group?

5. Where does Easter take Marina?

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