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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Lakashi women use the trees that produce the fertility compound?
(a) They pulverize the roots and eat the paste made from them.
(b) They eat the soft bark.
(c) They brew a tea from the leaves.
(d) They brew a tea from the bark.

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

3. Why does Dr. Swenson thank Marina?
(a) For not interfering with the tribe's customs.
(b) For helping Dr. Swenson with research.
(c) For coming to the jungle.
(d) For saving Easter's life.

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

5. What does Marina notice on many of the crates on the boat?
(a) Another drug company's name.
(b) A skull and crossbone.
(c) Anders' name.
(d) Writing.

6. What does Marina think Swenson is implying when talking about Anders?
(a) That Marina does not care about the Lakashi.
(b) That Anders is alive.
(c) That Marina will quit the jungle after a couple days.
(d) That Marina will not be able to live up to Anders' competency.

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

8. Who accompanies Marina to go see the trees that produce the fertility compound?
(a) Easter.
(b) Dr. Buni and Nancy.
(c) Dr. Swenson.
(d) Dr. Saturn.

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

10. What does Dr. Swenson believe is good for the health?
(a) Wine at lunch.
(b) Laughter.
(c) A siesta after lunch.
(d) Exercise.

11. What has Marina been doing since her first foray into medical practice?
(a) Avoiding any more medical work.
(b) Working on a solution to a lab compound they need.
(c) Recording her impressions of Dr. Swenson's work.
(d) Working on medical cases.

12. How old does Marina realize Dr. Swenson is?
(a) Nearly 75.
(b) Nearly 80.
(c) Nearly 60.
(d) Nearly 70.

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

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

15. What is Nkomo studying?
(a) The relation of the Lakashi to other tribes in the area.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) He is not studying; he is spreading the gospel of Christianity.
(d) The evolution of the Aboriginal gene pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two characteristics that Nancy points out about Dr. Rapp?

2. From what condition is Dr. Swenson suffering?

3. How is Marina left?

4. What does the tribe do when it goes deep into the jungle?

5. What can Marina not find?

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