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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama Evangeline say is the first thing that happened the last time there was violent conflict in the DRC?
(a) People tried to eat the zoo animals.
(b) People tried to get to the airports.
(c) People tried to flee into the jungle.
(d) People tried to capture and sell bonobos.

2. What does the smuggler in Kinshasa have that interests Sophie in Chapter 1?
(a) A cat.
(b) A crate of her favorite fruit.
(c) A snake.
(d) A baby bonobo.

3. In Chapter 4, who comes to the sanctuary that upsets everyone, especially Sophie and Otto?
(a) The smuggler that sold Otto to Sophie.
(b) Sophie's father.
(c) The rebel soldiers.
(d) The DRC's president.

4. In Chapter 8, who calms Sophie while she is terrified in the jungle?
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Mama Evangeline.
(c) Otto.
(d) Mama Brunelle.

5. What word do people frequently use to refer to Sophie in the DRC?
(a) Mama.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mundele.
(d) Octaroon.

6. Who is the driver for Sophie in Chapter 1?
(a) Patrice.
(b) Florence Biyoya.
(c) Mama Brunelle.
(d) Clement.

7. In Chapter 6, what do the strangers who come to the sanctuary ask Sophie that unsettles her?
(a) If there are any men in the sanctuary.
(b) If there is a school nearby.
(c) How old she is.
(d) If there is a church nearby.

8. What do the sanctuary workers tell Sophie she should do in Chapter 6 because she is a U.S. citizen?
(a) Get to the embassy to have her passport verified.
(b) Get to the airport to be evacuated.
(c) Get to the capital so she can sell her passport.
(d) Get to the hospital so they can treat her illness quickly before it gets worse.

9. When Sophie wakes up in Chapter 9 from her first night in the jungle, what does she see?
(a) At least 10 bonobos looking at her.
(b) The soldiers pointing their guns at her.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Otto playing with Anastasia.

10. Who are the strangers Sophie meets in the start of Chapter 6?
(a) She does not know, but they are four men who look like rebels and are carrying guns.
(b) The doctors who have come to do surgery on one of the bonobos.
(c) Her father's friends who will stay at the sanctuary for a few nights passing through.
(d) Her mother's cousins who have come to check on the sanctuary.

11. What do the mamas as the sanctuary call Sophie?
(a) Queenie.
(b) Princesse.
(c) Italiana.
(d) Americana.

12. What kind of sanctuary does Sophie's mother run in the DRC?
(a) One for giraffes.
(b) One for cats.
(c) One for snakes.
(d) One for bonobos.

13. What does Clement tell Sophie and the smuggler is the problem with the sale the smuggler tries to make to Sophie in Chapter 1?
(a) You can only use credit cards for street sales in the DRC.
(b) It is too late in the day to sell the fruit.
(c) It is illegal to sell endangered species in the DRC.
(d) Sophie does not have the right currency to buy the man's wares anyway.

14. In the end of Chapter 5, what does Patrice tell Sophie that takes her by surprise?
(a) There are many more bonobos being killed all of a sudden.
(b) The sanctuary's money is running out.
(c) There are water shortages all over the country.
(d) There is fighting starting in Kinshasa again.

15. In Chapter 6, how is Sophie planning to get to the airport safely?
(a) Clement will drive her.
(b) She will ride her bike alone.
(c) In an armored U.N. vehicle.
(d) She will take a taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what food does Sophie have that she shares with the bonobos?

2. In Chapter 6, what shocking news does Sophie learn that has all the sanctuary workers on edge?

3. In the wild, how long do bonobos spend with their mothers?

4. What is the title of Part II of the book?

5. In Chapter 2, who is the first worker at the sanctuary that helps Sophie when she brings back what she bought from the smuggler?

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