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

2. Who now owns the hotel where Hope and Usman once met to spend time together?
(a) An American.
(b) An Iranian.
(c) A Greek.
(d) A Russian.

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

4. Why does Hope's husband tell her he dug a ditch?
(a) To promote better water drainage.
(b) To build muscle.
(c) To ease writer's block.
(d) To move his mind forward.

5. During their short vacation, what makes Hope question her husband's mental stability?
(a) His hole digging obsession.
(b) His golf obsession.
(c) His apparent laziness.
(d) His inability to stop working.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes the MIG-15's in the story?

2. What big news is announced to the scientists once Hope returns to camp after making her disturbing discovery?

3. Who is John's lover?

4. What is the bundle that one of the chimps tosses while Hope watches?

5. Who says John and Hope should end the farce of their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The trip for supplies is not an easy one. Why does Hope look forward to making the trip?

3. What is the theory that Hope explains to Ian about the war among the chimps?

4. What is Hauser's work?

5. What, according to Ian's theory, will happen when all the northern female chimps become pregnant? What is the problem he expects?

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

7. Why is Eugene considered a chimp expert?

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

9. Explain who Hope's research team includes.

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

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