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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 16, what are the old man's parting words for Sophie regarding Otto?
(a) You will have to give him up one way or another.
(b) People first.
(c) Sell him for food.
(d) Protect him always.

2. In Chapter 12, who makes a sleeping nest of branches and leaves for Sophie?
(a) Otto.
(b) Mushie.
(c) Songololo.
(d) Banalia.

3. In Chapter 18, what does Sophie find on her and Otto after being submerged in water?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Ticks.
(d) Worms.

4. 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 sketches.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her money.

5. Why does Hector say Otto is lucky in Chapter 17?
(a) Because he has not starved.
(b) Because he only lost two fingers.
(c) Because he has not yet been eaten.
(d) Because he has not lost all his hair yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term Sophie uses to mean "walking dead" in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Wello tell Sophie he hated to do in Kinshasa?

3. What is the word for a particular kind of boat common on the Congo River?

4. Which of the following is included in the U.N. ration packet Sophie took?

5. Who does Sophie realizes has a crush on Anastasia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, what does Sophie think about the significance of the fact that in Lingala, the word for animal is the plural form of the word for meat?

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

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

5. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from the hunter, and how do the bonobos react to the savior afterwards?

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 are some of the signs that the bonobos are stressed and tired?

8. In Chapter 14, why does Sophie's plan of escaping from the sanctuary enclosure with just Otto not work?

9. 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?

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

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