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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. Which scientist is married to Roberta?
(a) Mallabar.
(b) Vail.
(c) Hauser.
(d) Joao.

2. After their confrontation, where does Hope get the item she gives her husband before bed?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) From the corner newsstand.
(d) A bookcase in the study.

3. What is Lena's physical condition?
(a) She has malaria.
(b) She broke her leg.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She broke her arm.

4. When does the observer expect problems within the northern group of chimps?
(a) Once the baby is born.
(b) When the male leader returns to the group.
(c) When the female leader dies.
(d) When they are all pregnant.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Hope about her tent when she returns from town?

3. Who is the research project's director?

4. What does Eugene suggest happened to the old chimp that was brutally beaten?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe John's research work early in his marriage to Hope.

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

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

5. How and when does Hope learn of John's infidelity?

6. Why does Hope want to leave the researchers' holiday early to return to camp?

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

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

9. Discuss the events of Hope's father's seventieth birthday party.

10. What happens after Lena's baby is killed?

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