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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. How many factions were involved in the civil war?
(a) Three factions.
(b) Two factions.
(c) Six factions.
(d) Four factions.

2. What is Hope's husband doing when he gets an epiphany on their short vacation?
(a) Lying in a hammock.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Working.
(d) Digging a hole.

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

4. What is Hope's relationship with Gunter?
(a) Lover.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Translator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jenny Lewkovitch?

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

3. Where do the scientists live when they do their research?

4. What is Lena's physical condition?

5. Who gives Joao's notes to someone else for safe keeping?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Hope meet John?

4. How does John react when Hope confronts him about his behavior at the lake?

5. What makes Hope question the validity of Mallabar's explanation for her hut burning down?

6. What is the "mockman" and from where does the term derive?

7. How does Hope feel when she confronts John about his infidelity?

8. Why is Eugene considered a chimp expert?

9. What is Ian's theory about chimp groups? Who does not agree with this theory?

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

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