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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. What does Sophie give to the people from the crowd at the airport who help her reach the U.N.?
(a) Her duffel bag of manioc, clean water, and some clothes.
(b) Her books.
(c) Her sketches.
(d) Her money.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 18, what does the man who Sophie asks to take her up the Congo River ask her for as payment?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Gold.
(d) Otto.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what is the popular phrase for "word on the street?"

2. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie noticing the bonobos doing that is very much out of the ordinary?

3. What is one reason that Sophie trusts the old man she asks to take her and Otto up the Congo River on his boat?

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

5. In Chapter 15, why does Sophie think Mushie does not build her a nest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie say is the advantage of the fear she feels in Chapter 17?

2. In Chapter 12, why does Sophie find herself falling towards the ground in the middle of the night?

3. In Chapter 15, why does Sophie decide she must leave all the bonobos in the jungle besides Otto as she goes off to find her mother?

4. In Chapter 16, why is Sophie so pleased to see abandoned fields of manioc in her travels?

5. In Chapter 18, why does Sophie select Wello as a probable good choice to take her up the river?

6. In Chapter 21, what does Sophie decide is her and Otto's best chance for survival after Otto is caught in a trapper's snare?

7. In Chapter 14, what are some of the signs that the bonobos are stressed and tired?

8. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie watch the bonobos do and attempt to mimic to try to stay dry when it rains?

9. In Chapter 17, what does Sophie's mother's letter to her say?

10. Why does the first guard Sophie speaks to at the U.N. compound in Chapter 17 turn her away?

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