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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Usman's good luck charm?
(a) His mother's locket.
(b) A letter from Hope.
(c) A small pistol.
(d) Hope.

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

3. How many years did researchers conduct studies on chimps at this reserve?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 30 years.

4. Who tells Hope about her tent when she returns from town?
(a) Clovis.
(b) John.
(c) Mallabar.
(d) Vail.

5. What does the group of scientists receive that will make completing the study of chimps possible?
(a) A loan.
(b) An endowment.
(c) A grant.
(d) A private donation.

6. According to the prologue, how many stories will Hope tell?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

7. Who does Hope stay with once she realizes her husband is crazy?
(a) John.
(b) Mallabar.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Meredith.

8. Where do Hope and her husband stay on their short vacation?
(a) In a tent.
(b) In a bed and breakfast.
(c) In a small beach cottage.
(d) In a luxury hotel.

9. What kind of food must the supply runner eat while gone for supplies?
(a) Monkey food.
(b) Hotel food.
(c) Available roots and grasses.
(d) Bugs.

10. Why is the research team so small?
(a) No one wants to do the research.
(b) Malaria killed them.
(c) Few are trusted.
(d) Cuts in funding.

11. What big news is announced to the scientists once Hope returns to camp after making her disturbing discovery?
(a) Decreased funding for their project.
(b) Layoffs and downsizing.
(c) Increased funding for their project.
(d) Another chimp is pregnant.

12. According to Hope, which "time" becomes more important as a person ages and matures?
(a) External time.
(b) Personal time.
(c) Private time.
(d) Internal time.

13. Who hopes to make a purchase from a Syrian friend?
(a) Usman.
(b) Vail.
(c) Hope.
(d) Mallabar.

14. What does Eugene suggest happened to the old chimp that was brutally beaten?
(a) He died of natural causes.
(b) He was eaten by a gator.
(c) It was Hope's imagination.
(d) He was killed by a leopard.

15. What will the researchers test to find out whether the adult chimps ate part of the tossed bundle?
(a) Fecal matter.
(b) Urine.
(c) Their fingertips.
(d) How much they eat at dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hope, what is a proposition so simple it's not even called a theorem?

2. Who is the research project's director?

3. Who believes a dominant female actually heads the chimp group?

4. After the big news, whose turn is it to make the supply run?

5. Which territory of chimps is Hope assigned to study?

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