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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 the sign say that Sophie sees outside of the old colonial house she comes across?
(a) SIDA.
(b) Quarantine.
(c) Toxic!
(d) Help.

2. What does the second U.N. guard tell Sophie in Chapter 17?
(a) If she can pay them, they can help her.
(b) They can help her because her father is a very rich and persistent man.
(c) They can probably work something out to help her.
(d) They can help her as long as she has her own food and water.

3. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie realize was the cause of her fall in the night?
(a) Hunters had shot at her.
(b) Otto had played a game, tipping her out of the nest.
(c) Anastasia had knocked her out of the nest.
(d) Birds had pecked away at her nest.

4. In Chapter 16, what are the old man's parting words for Sophie regarding Otto?
(a) People first.
(b) Protect him always.
(c) Sell him for food.
(d) You will have to give him up one way or another.

5. During her second week in the enclosure, what does Sophie start to eat?
(a) Ants.
(b) Tree bark.
(c) Caterpillars.
(d) Giant green gourds that ripen and fall.

6. In Chapter 16, what valuable information does Sophie give to the old man who runs that school that will likely aid his and the boys' survival?
(a) The location of the manioc field she passed.
(b) The location of clean water nearby.
(c) The directions to the U.N. headquarters.
(d) The location of the rebel soldiers' camp.

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

8. In Chapter 17, what do the people in the crowd take from Sophie?
(a) Her clean water.
(b) Her motorbike and Otto.
(c) Her duffel bag.
(d) Her money.

9. In Chapter 12, what does Otto develop that worries Sophie?
(a) A raspy cough.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Vomiting.
(d) A skin rash.

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

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

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

13. What is Sophie's plan to try to lose the rest of the bonobos as she and Otto press on with their journey?
(a) To cause a distraction.
(b) To give them sleeping pills.
(c) To gather so much food for them they will not leave the stockpile.
(d) To try to fight them all off physically herself.

14. In Chapter 16, what does the old man at the school give to Sophie when she and Otto eventually leave?
(a) A knife and a length of rope.
(b) Money and a gun.
(c) Garlic-roasted manioc and bottles of well water.
(d) Meat and soda.

15. What question does Hector, the U.N. guard, ask Sophie twice in Chapter 17?
(a) When she was originally supposed to leave Congo.
(b) What her father does for a living.
(c) Whether she has a passport or papers.
(d) Whether she has any money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie take with her from the U.N. station when she sneaks away with Otto?

2. What does Hector tell Sophie the DRC is the richest country in the world in terms of?

3. Why does Hector say Otto is lucky in Chapter 17?

4. Which bonobo is killed by a kata-kata when Sophie tries to escape the sanctuary with them in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 16, what does the man at the school for boys give Sophie to drink at first?

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