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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before beginning her job chronicling plant life, where do Hope and her husband vacation?

2. Who believes a dominant male actually heads the chimp group?

3. What does someone want to purchase from a Syrian friend?

4. Who is Lena?

5. What was Hope's ex-husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Other than funding, what uncontrollable obstacle does Mallabar's research team face? How does the obstacle affect their work?

7. Explain who Hope's research team includes.

8. 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?

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

10. Describe the process by which Hope and the other researchers begin their study of chimps.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character description of Ian. Was he a major character or minor one? Support your answer with specific evidence from the story and include definitions of major and minor characters.

Essay Topic 2

Identify and discuss three points of foreshadowing from the novel. Did the author use foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not? Define foreshadowing in your essay and give examples of foreshadowing and how it was used effectively or ineffectively.

Essay Topic 3

Define exposition and discuss exposition in this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in "Brazzaville Beach"? How does the author switch the exposition as Hope switches her story lines?

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