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

2. Who gives Joao's notes to someone else for safe keeping?
(a) Joao.
(b) Usman.
(c) Hope.
(d) Vail.

3. From what country is Usman?
(a) India.
(b) Africa.
(c) England.
(d) Egypt.

4. Who is training to become an assistant?
(a) Clovis.
(b) Joao.
(c) Alda.
(d) Lena.

5. Who becomes the new dominant female of the north chimps?
(a) Christian.
(b) Crispina.
(c) Crispycreme.
(d) Christina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hope working on while her husband conducts his research?

2. When did Hope meet her ex-husband?

3. When does the observer expect problems within the northern group of chimps?

4. Where do researchers eat dinner?

5. Who edits Mallabar's book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Hope's thoughts on time, specifically civil and internal time.

4. What does Hope learn about John in a discussion with Bogden Lewkovitch? What does she not reveal in the discussion?

5. What is Hauser's work?

6. How does Hope report Mr. Jeb's death and how does Mallabar believe?

7. How does Hope meet John?

8. What two major events are covered in this book?

9. 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?

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

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