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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Hope report the discovery she makes after returning from helping another researcher check the pregnant female chimps?
(a) No one.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Mallabar.
(d) Vail.

2. Who is Alda?
(a) Joao's son.
(b) A chimp.
(c) Hope's son.
(d) Clovis' son.

3. What does Hope discover when she returns from helping another researcher check the pregnant female chimps?
(a) She got fired.
(b) Her tent was ransacked.
(c) A funny smell in her tent.
(d) Her suite was burglarized.

4. When did the chimp research project that Hope is working on begin?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1977.

5. Who is Jenny Lewkovitch?
(a) John's lover.
(b) A college instructor.
(c) Hope's landlady.
(d) Another researcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the group of scientists receive that will make completing the study of chimps possible?

2. After their confrontation, where does Hope get the item she gives her husband before bed?

3. Where does Usman keep his good luck charm?

4. What problem, specifically, does Hope's ex-husband's work relate to?

5. To whom does the object that Hope finds while getting an item to give to her husband before bed belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Hope's hut while on a supply run? How, according to Mallabar, did this occur?

2. Hope agrees not to tell anyone her discoveries about the chimps for fear of being fired. What does she decide to do with the information?

3. How does Ian relate to Mallibar when he disagrees with Vail's theory about the chimps?

4. Why, in the beginning of the story, is the research crew so small?

5. Describe Hope's first alarming discovery about the chimps.

6. The trip for supplies is not an easy one. Why does Hope look forward to making the trip?

7. What is the importance of Fermat's final theorem to this story?

8. Why does Hope want to leave the researchers' holiday early to return to camp?

9. What disconcerting event happens when Hope and John take a short holiday together?

10. What is the role of Rita-Mae to the chimps?

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