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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. Why does Sophie think people at the airport have dressed in fine clothes?
(a) She thinks they anticipate being at the palace.
(b) She thinks they must have thought it would increase their chances of getting on a plane.
(c) She thinks they think it will convince the U.N. soldiers they are well-educated.
(d) She thinks they had nowhere else to store their clothes.

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

3. 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) Otto had played a game, tipping her out of the nest.
(c) Anastasia had knocked her out of the nest.
(d) Hunters had shot at her.

4. What does Sophie often do to Otto as a sign of affection?
(a) Rub his ears.
(b) Blow raspberries on his foot.
(c) Slap him lightly on the bottom.
(d) Groom him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 17, what do the people in the crowd take from Sophie?

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

4. In Chapter 12, why do some of the bonobos gravitate towards Sophie in the rain?

5. Who is the oldest bonobo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the old man at the school and AIDS clinic tell Sophie about how the rebels select boys to fill out their ranks?

2. In Chapter 17, who helps Sophie get across the stream of people to where the U.N. has its headquarters?

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

4. In Chapter 14, what is it that alerts the rebels to Sohie's and the bonobos' escape?

5. In Chapter 17, what changes Sophie's mind about leaving Otto in the Congo and taking a U.N. transport to the U.S.?

6. In Chapter 14, what strikes Sophie about the way the rebels look compared to the way the bonobos in the sanctuary look?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 18, how does Sophie plan to try to reach her mother?

(see the answer keys)

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