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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 hostage-taker goes in search of gasoline?
(a) Almicar.
(b) Vail.
(c) Mallabar.
(d) Clovis.

2. Who does Hope join when she reaches the abandoned village?
(a) Vail.
(b) Almicar and soldiers.
(c) Mallabar
(d) Mallabar and the whole camp.

3. What hangs on the walls of Hope's home at the end of the story?
(a) Photos of chimps.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) Usman's drawings.
(d) Her own watercolors.

4. According to Hope, what is the study of abrupt change?
(a) Catastrophe theory,
(b) Internal time.
(c) External theory.
(d) The theory of relativity.

5. Who commits suicide in the book?
(a) Mallabar.
(b) Hope.
(c) John.
(d) Mr. Jeb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of a book Hope recently completed at the end of the story?

2. Who tells the hostages kidnapped at the blockade that they will get released?

3. What sport did the guerrilla soldiers play?

4. What kind of plantation does Hope find herself in when she is wandering alone?

5. Who ends the chimp wars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation was given to Hope about the death of Usman and why does she believe it?

2. According to Hope, what are life's three important questions?

3. What is Hopes catastrophe theory? She says there are seven types, but only addresses two. Briefly discuss the difference in the two she outlines.

4. What leads Hope to believe that Almicar and his soldiers are the only remaining members of the UNAMO force?

5. What discrepancies does Hope learn about Usman's past and how does she learn them?

6. Vail makes two sexual overtures to Hope in the novel. When do they occur and what is common about both occasions?

7. What chore does Almicar ask Hope to help him with? What is the purpose of the chore?

8. Explain in detail the chimp attack that Mallabar witnesses.

9. What does Hope learn about Eugene and Ian on her way back to Grosso Arvore after her kidnapping?

10. What is Hope's relationship with Mallabar at the end of the novel?

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