All of the following statements about cargo cults are correct except:
a. the cult promised resurrection of dead ancestors.
b. cargo cult believers tended to be rich natives and colonizers.
c. many cargo cults occurred in Melanesia.
d. the cult was based on the premise that Western riches would come to the natives.
e. cargo cult doctrine said that the rich white man would magically disappear through natural catastrophe.
ANSWER: b
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