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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 is the word for a particular kind of boat common on the Congo River?
(a) Pirogue.
(b) Gondola.
(c) Skiff.
(d) Sunfish.

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

3. Why does Sophie hope the other bonobos do not follow her and Otto out of the enclosure in Chapter 14?
(a) She hopes they stay to greet her mother when her mother returns.
(b) She knows she and Otto have a better chance of survival alone.
(c) She knows the kata-kata will notice if the bonobos are not in the sanctuary any longer.
(d) She knows the bonobos will only get sick if they leave the sanctuary.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what does Sophie end up giving the man who takes her on his boat in lieu of payment, temporarily?

2. In Chapter 18, where is Sophie headed after leaving the U.N. outpost near the capital?

3. What question does Hector, the U.N. guard, ask Sophie twice in Chapter 17?

4. What do bonobos often do with each other to help ease tension and anxiety?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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