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

2. In Chapter 16, what is the popular phrase for "word on the street?"
(a) What they say.
(b) Grapevine.
(c) Sidewalk radio.
(d) Vox pop.

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

4. 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 which bonobos give in grooming, and which ones receive.
(d) She watches how they make their nests.

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 16, what does Sophie take from the abandoned village besides food that will help her on her journey?
(a) Anti-diarrhea medication.
(b) Clean water from the pump.
(c) Working IVs.
(d) Pain killers.

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

10. Which bonobo is killed by a kata-kata when Sophie tries to escape the sanctuary with them in Chapter 14?
(a) Songololo.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Otto.
(d) Banalia.

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

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

13. Why does Sophie hope the other bonobos do not follow her and Otto out of the enclosure in Chapter 14?
(a) She knows the kata-kata will notice if the bonobos are not in the sanctuary any longer.
(b) She knows she and Otto have a better chance of survival alone.
(c) She knows the bonobos will only get sick if they leave the sanctuary.
(d) She hopes they stay to greet her mother when her mother returns.

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

15. In Chapter 12, what awakens Sophie with a start from her sleep?
(a) The calls of lions.
(b) Her falling out of her nest.
(c) Otto's cries of pain.
(d) The sound of gunshots.

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

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

4. In Chapter 17, what does Sophie anticipate will be her hardest challenge?

5. In Chapter 16, what does the sign say that Sophie sees outside of the old colonial house she comes across?

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