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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 a lot of food on the boat.
(c) He has other young girls on the boat and they look relaxed.
(d) He is singing a song she knows from childhood.

2. What do Wello and Sophie always eat for breakfast and lunch on the boat?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Papaya.
(c) Fresh breadfruit.
(d) Cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf.

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

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

5. When Sophie goes looking for the two young bonobos, what does she find?
(a) People surrounding a fire cooking the bonobos for their meat.
(b) A trap that the bonobos have been caught in.
(c) Their two dead bodies.
(d) Nothing.

6. In Chapter 12, how does Sophie get an idea for the hierarchy in the bonobo group?
(a) She watches who has the most food.
(b) She watches how they make their nests.
(c) She watches how they partner up for sex.
(d) She watches which bonobos give in grooming, and which ones receive.

7. In Chapter 16, what does the man at the school for boys give Sophie to drink at first?
(a) Grass tea.
(b) Soda.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

8. Which of the following is included in the U.N. ration packet Sophie took?
(a) Stew.
(b) Bread and butter.
(c) Salad and fruit.
(d) Tuna fish, water purification tablets, cookies, and chili con carne.

9. What kind of vehicle do Sophie and Otto leave the school in in Chapter 16?
(a) A skateboard.
(b) A car.
(c) A motorbike.
(d) A horse and carriage.

10. What does Sophie feel accompanies her fear as she rides on the motorbike with Otto in Chapter 17?
(a) Purpose.
(b) Anger.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Sadness.

11. In Chapter 18, where is Sophie headed after leaving the U.N. outpost near the capital?
(a) Mbandaka, and then to her mother's release site.
(b) Miami.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) South Africa.

12. In Chapter 16, what is one thing that is strange about the rebels Sophie sees passing by in vehicles?
(a) The men do not have weapons at all.
(b) The men are all speaking different languages.
(c) Some of the men are wearing evening gowns.
(d) The men are eating American food.

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

14. In Chapter 14, why does Songololo shriek so joyfully as she escapes with Sophie and Otto?
(a) She sees her partner Mushie following them.
(b) She sees all the food in front of them, and she is starving.
(c) She sees her sister Banalia following them.
(d) She sees her mother Anastasia following them.

15. In Chapter 12, why do some of the bonobos gravitate towards Sophie in the rain?
(a) She has an umbrella.
(b) She has a tent she has pitched.
(c) She has a poncho she uses as an umbrella for them.
(d) She has sweaters for all of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Otto start doing to the boys at the school that the boys think is funny?

2. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from a hunter?

3. In Chapter 12, what awakens Sophie with a start from her sleep?

4. What does the first U.N. guard tell Sophie when she finally reaches the U.N. station in Chapter 17?

5. What do bonobos often do with each other to help ease tension and anxiety?

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