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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sophie mainly communicate with her father in America when she is visiting her mother in the DRC?
(a) Through video chat.
(b) Through satellite phone.
(c) Through telegram.
(d) Through regular landline telephones.

2. What does Patrice tell Sophie about where the safest place to be in the country is if a war starts?
(a) In the churches.
(b) In the capital.
(c) In the sanctuary itself.
(d) Away from the capital.

3. Where does Sophie's father live in America?
(a) New York City.
(b) California.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Florida.

4. What does Sophie decide to name the animal she bought from the smuggler?
(a) Mabaka.
(b) Sally.
(c) Otto.
(d) Eli.

5. 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) Gun shots.
(d) Mama Evangeline leaving.

6. In Chapter 6, what shocking news does Sophie learn that has all the sanctuary workers on edge?
(a) There is no more gasoline anywhere in the country.
(b) The president has been killed.
(c) People are no longer allowed to go up the river on boats.
(d) The government has ordered that all bonobos be moved out of the country.

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

8. What does Sophie finally get Otto to drink in Chapter 3?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Orange soda.
(c) Milk.
(d) Tea.

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

10. How does Sophie get in and out of the electrified fence in Chapter 10?
(a) She has one of the bonobos disable it.
(b) She finds the fuse box and disables the fuse for it.
(c) She figures out a clever way to temporarily short it.
(d) She inputs the code, which she knows.

11. In Chapter 5, what is Sophie's mother and other sanctuary workers preparing to do?
(a) Go to a release site to let some of the bonobos back into the wild.
(b) A breeding program for the bonobos.
(c) A naming ritual for a baby bonobo.
(d) Surgery on a very sick bonobo.

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

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

14. In Chapter 8, how does Sophie know the kata-kata have discovered the electrified fence?
(a) She hears them warning each other about it.
(b) She smells their burning flesh.
(c) She hears some zap sounds.
(d) She hears them trying to revive one of their own who has been knocked unconscious by it.

15. Which mama at the sanctuary is the kindest towards Sophie?
(a) Mama Brunelle.
(b) Mama Firenze.
(c) Mama Roberta.
(d) Mama Evangline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which bonobo was the first bonobo Sophie's mother had ever met?

2. What is the group of female bonobos in the enclosure called?

3. In Chapter 6, how is Sophie planning to get to the airport safely?

4. What was the country that is currently known as the Democratic Republic of Congo formerly known as?

5. In Lingala, what two words is the word lobi used for?

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