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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 is the first sign for Sophie that something is terribly wrong?
(a) She smells smoke and realizes the village right near the sanctuary is on fire.
(b) The birds all start flying away.
(c) She hears the bonobos calling to each other in distress.
(d) It is too quiet.

2. What does Sophie mention that she hates being called in Chapter 6?
(a) Friend.
(b) Mama.
(c) Mundele.
(d) Sister.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie say it is impossible to live in Congo without growing a thick skin for?
(a) Disease.
(b) Mud.
(c) Insects.
(d) Rain.

4. Which bonobo was the first bonobo Sophie's mother had ever met?
(a) Songololo.
(b) Alexia.
(c) Banalia.
(d) Anastasia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what is one sign of friendship a bonobo exhibits towards others?

2. In Chapter 11, what food does Sophie have that she shares with the bonobos?

3. In Chapter 5, what is Sophie's mother and other sanctuary workers preparing to do?

4. In the end of Chapter 5, what does Patrice tell Sophie that takes her by surprise?

5. Why does Sophie have so much cash on her person in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the only nice thing Sophie's fellow American students had ever said to her in her school days there?

2. In Chapter 6, when does Sophie begin to realize what trouble she and everyone at the sanctuary might be in?

3. Why does Sophie explain she finds it fitting that in one of the Congo's languages, Lingala, yesterday and tomorrow are the same word?

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

5. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie remember about the difference between young bonobos and adult bonobos?

6. What are the "white weapons" the U.N. warns many people are being killed with?

7. Why do the nursery mamas at the sanctuary call Sophie "princesse" and what does the name mean to all of them?

8. In Chapter 11, what is one of the reasons Sophie pays close attention to what the bonobos eat as they forage?

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

10. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie think changes Anastasia's mind about charging her and hurting her?

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