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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Sophie come across that is good to eat?
(a) Raspberries.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Manioc.

2. What is the title of Part V of the book?
(a) Everything is Raining.
(b) The Hunted.
(c) Otto bows out.
(d) Mbandaka.

3. What does Sophie give to the people from the crowd at the airport who help her reach the U.N.?
(a) Her sketches.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her duffel bag of manioc, clean water, and some clothes.

4. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from a hunter?
(a) Sophie's mother.
(b) Patrice.
(c) Clement.
(d) Pweto.

5. In Chapter 16, what does the sign say that Sophie sees outside of the old colonial house she comes across?
(a) SIDA.
(b) Toxic!
(c) Quarantine.
(d) Help.

6. Who does Sophie realizes has a crush on Anastasia?
(a) Banalia.
(b) Mushie.
(c) Otto.
(d) Ikwa.

7. Why does Hector say Otto is lucky in Chapter 17?
(a) Because he has not yet been eaten.
(b) Because he only lost two fingers.
(c) Because he has not lost all his hair yet.
(d) Because he has not starved.

8. In Chapter 12, what is one of the fruits Sophie feeds herself and Otto?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Papayas.
(d) Apples.

9. What is the word for a particular kind of boat common on the Congo River?
(a) Pirogue.
(b) Sunfish.
(c) Skiff.
(d) Gondola.

10. How long does Sophie stay at the boys' school in Chapter 16?
(a) One month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four days.
(d) One week.

11. What is one reason that Sophie trusts the old man she asks to take her and Otto up the Congo River on his boat?
(a) He has his son with him.
(b) He has other young girls on the boat and they look relaxed.
(c) He is singing a song she knows from childhood.
(d) He has a lot of food on the boat.

12. What kind of animals does Sophie remind herself that bonobos are in Chapter 14?
(a) Social foragers.
(b) Loners.
(c) Pack animals.
(d) Predators.

13. Why does Sophie think people at the airport have dressed in fine clothes?
(a) She thinks they must have thought it would increase their chances of getting on a plane.
(b) She thinks they anticipate being at the palace.
(c) She thinks they think it will convince the U.N. soldiers they are well-educated.
(d) She thinks they had nowhere else to store their clothes.

14. In Chapter 18, what does Sophie find on her and Otto after being submerged in water?
(a) Ticks.
(b) Worms.
(c) Leeches.
(d) Snakes.

15. In Chapter 18, what does the man who Sophie asks to take her up the Congo River ask her for as payment?
(a) Food.
(b) Otto.
(c) Water.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Otto develop that worries Sophie?

2. In Chapter 18, where is Sophie headed after leaving the U.N. outpost near the capital?

3. What do Wello and Sophie always eat for breakfast and lunch on the boat?

4. In Chapter 12, who makes a sleeping nest of branches and leaves for Sophie?

5. When Sophie goes looking for the two young bonobos, what does she find?

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