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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following birds did Jane find scary?

2. What does Jane say she was puzzled about as a five-year-old?

3. Where does Jane Goddall study chimpanzees?

4. What is the name of Jane's sister?

5. What is the scientific name for the skull Leakey and his wife found?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jane's mother come with her to Tanzania?

2. How did Goodall and her family cope during the war?

3. What did Rusty teach Jane about animals?

4. Describe Goodall's time at Oxford.

5. What did Jane do once she was back in London?

6. Why did Jane love the Canary Islands so much?

7. How does the author define the word animal?

8. What did Louis Leakey discover a few years after Jane went fossil hunting with him?

9. Why did the villagers think Lorenz was mad?

10. How did Jane learn to ride a horse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jane say she is concerned about the welfare of chimps? How does she think humans can help to preserve the chimp species?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences between the African and Western cultures? In what ways have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

What are Jane's opinions on the following topics: apartheid, animal testing, and zoos?

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