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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 18, where is Sophie headed after leaving the U.N. outpost near the capital?
(a) Miami.
(b) Mbandaka, and then to her mother's release site.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Rwanda.

2. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from a hunter?
(a) Clement.
(b) Pweto.
(c) Patrice.
(d) Sophie's mother.

3. What does Hector tell Sophie he has especially for her in Chapter 17?
(a) A letter for her from Mama Evangeline.
(b) A letter for her from Patrice.
(c) A letter for her from her mother.
(d) A letter for her from her father.

4. How long does Sophie stay at the boys' school in Chapter 16?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

5. 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 any money.
(c) Whether she has a passport or papers.
(d) When she was originally supposed to leave Congo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hector tell Sophie the U.N. did with the two young bonobos that were left there?

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

3. Who does Sophie meet in Chapter 16 in the abandoned village where she leaves the bonobos?

4. In Chapter 16, what valuable information does Sophie give to the old man who runs that school that will likely aid his and the boys' survival?

5. What kind of vehicle do Sophie and Otto leave the school in in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how does Sophie realize the electrified fence is no longer on?

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

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

4. In Chapter 17, why does Sophie surmise some of the people crowding the airport are dressed in fine clothes even though they are fleeing violence?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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