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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wave Albatross and The Night Heron; Noise or Signal; The Margin of Error; the Inverse Cascade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bundle that one of the chimps tosses while Hope watches?
(a) A coconut.
(b) A bunch of old bananas.
(c) A bale of hay.
(d) A half-eaten baby chimp.

2. When did Hope meet her ex-husband?
(a) When he became a researcher, too.
(b) In elementary school.
(c) When she was a graduate student.
(d) When she was shopping.

3. Who is Clovis?
(a) Hope's lover.
(b) A chimp.
(c) Hope's ex-husband.
(d) Hope's father.

4. What was Hope's ex-husband's name?
(a) Clovis.
(b) John.
(c) Ian.
(d) Frederick.

5. Why was the chimp research project started?
(a) Because funding was available.
(b) To complete a dissertation.
(c) Because the researcher was an eccentric old fool.
(d) It was a government project.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Hope report the discovery she makes after returning from helping another researcher check the pregnant female chimps?

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

3. After the big news about funding, who goes on a supply run?

4. Who is Joao?

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

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