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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part IV of the book?
(a) My Mother Finds Me.
(b) What Remained Outside.
(c) The Bonobos Win.
(d) War Goes On.

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

3. What do bonobos often do with each other to help ease tension and anxiety?
(a) Forage together.
(b) Eat together.
(c) Rub up against each other.
(d) Sleep together.

4. What does the first U.N. guard tell Sophie when she finally reaches the U.N. station in Chapter 17?
(a) They can not help anyone until the Refugee Commission gets there.
(b) They can not help her because she is white.
(c) They can not help her because she is not Congolese.
(d) She missed her once chance to get out weeks earlier, and now she will never be able to leave.

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

6. What does Hector tell Sophie the DRC is the richest country in the world in terms of?
(a) Food.
(b) Animals.
(c) Minerals.
(d) Money.

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

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

9. In Chapter 16, what does the old man at the school ask Sophie to do to help them?
(a) Send them some chemicals to treat and cleanse their water.
(b) Ask for help to get the boys there out of the school safely, or to help get antiretroviral drugs.
(c) Find some weapons for them to use to defend themselves.
(d) Get some American money for them.

10. 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) Garlic-roasted manioc and bottles of well water.
(c) Meat and soda.
(d) Money and a gun.

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

12. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie noticing the bonobos doing that is very much out of the ordinary?
(a) Fighting with each other.
(b) Teasing each other.
(c) Following her as she makes her way onward to find her mother.
(d) Sharing their food with each other.

13. Who is the oldest bonobo?
(a) Songololo.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Mushie.
(d) Ikwa.

14. What is the man's name who takes Sophie up the Congo River on his boat?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Frederico.
(c) Wello.
(d) Mandolo.

15. 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 try to fight them all off physically herself.
(d) To gather so much food for them they will not leave the stockpile.

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. What does Sophie often do to Otto as a sign of affection?

3. What does Hector tell Sophie he has especially for her in Chapter 17?

4. Who helps Sophie in Chapter 17 when the crowd begins to close in on her?

5. What is the term Sophie uses to mean "walking dead" in Chapter 20?

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