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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anastasia do to Sophie as a warning in Chapter 9?
(a) Pulls out her hair.
(b) Breaks her leg.
(c) Bites her.
(d) Smacks her with a tree branch.

2. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie say it is impossible to live in Congo without growing a thick skin for?
(a) Mud.
(b) Disease.
(c) Rain.
(d) Insects.

3. Which of the following is a local language spoken in the DRC?
(a) Lingala.
(b) Ponpaen.
(c) Italian.
(d) Malawian.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie hear from the direction of the sanctuary as she hides in the enclosure?
(a) Bonobos playing.
(b) Patrice talking about finding Sophie.
(c) Mama Evangeline leaving.
(d) Gun shots.

5. What is the title of Part II of the book?
(a) The Rules of the Bonobos.
(b) A Country No More.
(c) War Comes to the Capital.
(d) A City in Ruins.

6. In Chapter 7, who arranges for Sophie to have transport to the airport and out of the country?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Mama Brunelle.

7. In Chapter 8, what is the first sign for Sophie that something is terribly wrong?
(a) She smells smoke and realizes the village right near the sanctuary is on fire.
(b) It is too quiet.
(c) She hears the bonobos calling to each other in distress.
(d) The birds all start flying away.

8. In Chapter 11, what food does Sophie have that she shares with the bonobos?
(a) Rice.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Granola bars.

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

10. In Chapter 8, what is one sign of friendship a bonobo exhibits towards others?
(a) Grooming.
(b) Biting.
(c) Swinging through trees.
(d) Grunting.

11. In Chapter 7, where does Sophie go to hide from the U.N. workers and the sanctuary staff?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The infirmary.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The electrified enclosure.

12. Which bonobo does Sophie rescue in Chapter 10 from the rebels, who have captured it?
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Songololo.
(c) Mushie.
(d) Ikwa.

13. In Chapter 8, why does Sophie decide against leaving the enclosure with Otto at night?
(a) It is too dark to see anything and she is too afraid to risk it.
(b) Otto gets very ill and she does not feel they can travel yet.
(c) She hears gunshots again and loses her nerve.
(d) She sees more people on the road and she does not want to meet them.

14. How many parts is Sophie's mother's sanctuary divided into?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. What does the term "white weapons" refer to?
(a) Weapons that were imported from majority-white countries.
(b) Weapons that kill silently like machetes, clubs, and knives.
(c) Weapons that were devised by white people.
(d) Weapons that are the color white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sophie's father live in America?

2. In Chapter 8, who calms Sophie while she is terrified in the jungle?

3. What does Sophie's mother tell the man who brought two baby bonobos to the sanctuary in Chapter 4?

4. How does Sophie mainly communicate with her father in America when she is visiting her mother in the DRC?

5. What kind of sanctuary does Sophie's mother run in the DRC?

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