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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie hear from the direction of the sanctuary as she hides in the enclosure?
(a) Bonobos playing.
(b) Mama Evangeline leaving.
(c) Patrice talking about finding Sophie.
(d) Gun shots.

2. Which of the following is a local language spoken in the DRC?
(a) Lingala.
(b) Italian.
(c) Ponpaen.
(d) Malawian.

3. Who was the only person who could enter the enclosure safely in normal times?
(a) Mama Brunelle.
(b) Sophie's mother.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Clement.

4. About how many people live in Kinshasa?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 5 million.

5. In Chapter 5, what is Sophie's mother and other sanctuary workers preparing to do?
(a) Surgery on a very sick bonobo.
(b) A breeding program for the bonobos.
(c) Go to a release site to let some of the bonobos back into the wild.
(d) A naming ritual for a baby bonobo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie's mother tell the man who brought the two baby bonobos to the sanctuary in Chapter 4 that she has done to him?

2. What does Sophie's mother tell her she must do in Chapter 2 in order to take care of the animal she bought from the smuggler on the first night?

3. How old does Patrice estimate Otto might actually be?

4. Who are the strangers Sophie meets in the start of Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Sophie pack her bag with to leave the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why does Sophie pay the man who has the baby bonobo to take the bonobo home with her?

2. In Chapter 4, what does the sanctuary's chef, Emile, do that touches Sophie?

3. In Chapter 2, how does Sophie describe her mother?

4. In Chapter 4, why does the man who sold Otto to Sophie come to the sanctuary?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie realizes she is going to need to get in order to survive?

6. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie remember to do when a small group of foraging bonobos appear?

7. In Chapter 5, what does Sophie say about her parents' marriage and why it fell apart?

8. In Chapter 6, how does Sophie feel about the fact that she is set to be rescued from the chaos because she is an American citizen?

9. In Chapter 7, what does Sophie do after she jumps out of the U.N. transport van?

10. In Chapter 10, what are some of the things Sophie sees on the sanctuary grounds that haunt and disturb her?

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