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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Lingala, what two words is the word lobi used for?
(a) Yesterday and tomorrow.
(b) Dinner and breakfast.
(c) Morning and night.
(d) Fast and slow.

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

3. In the wild, how long do bonobos spend with their mothers?
(a) Their first 5 years.
(b) Their first 10 years.
(c) Their first year.
(d) Their entire lives.

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

5. What does Sophie take from one of the bodies on the sanctuary grounds in Chapter 10?
(a) Patrice's badge.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A hat from one of her friends.
(d) A pagne, or lady's wrap.

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

7. In Chapter 7, what does Sophie pack her bag with to leave the country?
(a) Clothes, sleeping pills, some food, and some water.
(b) Mostly notebooks.
(c) All of her paintings.
(d) Supplies for Otto.

8. Why did the other bonobos attack Pweto?
(a) He had taken all the bonobos' food.
(b) He had pushed his games with them too far.
(c) He had attacked other bonobos first.
(d) He had accidentally killed one of their babies while playing with it.

9. Which bonobo was the first bonobo Sophie's mother had ever met?
(a) Alexia.
(b) Banalia.
(c) Anastasia.
(d) Songololo.

10. In Chapter 7, what does Sophie throw at the U.N. worker to try to slow down his pursuit of her?
(a) Her cell phone.
(b) Her water bottle.
(c) Her big duffel bag.
(d) Her hat.

11. In Chapter 9, what is one thing Sophie does to signal submissiveness to the bonobos?
(a) Holds one arm over her head.
(b) Lowers her head.
(c) Stands up tall.
(d) Grunts.

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

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

14. What does Sophie's mother tell the man who brought the two baby bonobos to the sanctuary in Chapter 4 that she has done to him?
(a) Cursed him, because she is a witch.
(b) Recorded his license-plate number.
(c) Taken his photo.
(d) Sprayed him with a mild toxin.

15. 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) It is illegal to sell endangered species in the DRC.
(b) You can only use credit cards for street sales in the DRC.
(c) It is too late in the day to sell the fruit.
(d) Sophie does not have the right currency to buy the man's wares anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mama at the sanctuary is the kindest towards Sophie?

2. How many parts is Sophie's mother's sanctuary divided into?

3. How old does Patrice estimate Otto might actually be?

4. Which bonobo was quarantined in an area by himself?

5. Who is the driver for Sophie in Chapter 1?

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