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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 think it will convince the U.N. soldiers they are well-educated.
(c) She thinks they must have thought it would increase their chances of getting on a plane.
(d) She thinks they had nowhere else to store their clothes.

2. What is the title of Part IV of the book?
(a) What Remained Outside.
(b) My Mother Finds Me.
(c) The Bonobos Win.
(d) War Goes On.

3. In Chapter 16, what is the popular phrase for "word on the street?"
(a) Vox pop.
(b) What they say.
(c) Sidewalk radio.
(d) Grapevine.

4. What does the second U.N. guard tell Sophie in Chapter 17?
(a) They can probably work something out to help her.
(b) They can help her because her father is a very rich and persistent man.
(c) If she can pay them, they can help her.
(d) They can help her as long as she has her own food and water.

5. In Chapter 16, what does the old man at the school give to Sophie when she and Otto eventually leave?
(a) A knife and a length of rope.
(b) Meat and soda.
(c) Garlic-roasted manioc and bottles of well water.
(d) Money and a gun.

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 18, what creature do Sophie and Otto stumble across as they make their way to the river?

3. What does Sophie feel accompanies her fear as she rides on the motorbike with Otto in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie realize was the cause of her fall in the night?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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 14, what are some of the signs that the bonobos are stressed and tired?

10. In Chapter 20, how does Sophie feel after she and Otto get off Wello's boat?

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