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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Her mother.
(c) The soldiers pointing their guns at her.
(d) Otto playing with Anastasia.

2. Where do Sophie and Otto drink from out of desperation in Chapter 9?
(a) A puddle in the enclosure.
(b) A pond in the sanctuary enclosure.
(c) A mountain stream they come across on the road.
(d) A discarded water bottle by the road.

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

4. Why does Sophie have so much cash on her person in Chapter 1?
(a) Her father had given her spending money before she left America.
(b) She had gone into town to buy new clothes.
(c) Her mother had given her the week's grocery money.
(d) Her American friends had given her money to buy them interesting notebooks from the DRC.

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

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

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) All of her paintings.
(c) Mostly notebooks.
(d) Supplies for Otto.

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

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

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

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

12. About how many people live in Kinshasa?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 50 million.
(d) 5 million.

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

14. What does Sophie's mother tell her in Chapter 2 about her choice to buy an animal from a smuggler?
(a) It was right.
(b) She paid too much for the animal.
(c) She should never have bought a sick animal because he could infect the others at the sanctuary.
(d) It was wrong.

15. In the end of Chapter 4, what is Sophie worried about concerning her mother?
(a) That her mother thinks Sophie will never learn Congolese.
(b) That her mother will always be disappointed in her for making such a big mistake in buying Otto from the smuggler.
(c) That her mother never really wanted children.
(d) That her mother does not want Sophie to visit the sanctuary again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie finally get Otto to drink in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie realize she needs to do to be able to eat?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie think is one reason the adult bonobos had not attacked her?

4. In Chapter 8, why does Sophie decide against leaving the enclosure with Otto at night?

5. In Chapter 6, what do the strangers who come to the sanctuary ask Sophie that unsettles her?

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