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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sophie decide to name the animal she bought from the smuggler?
2. How old does Patrice estimate Otto might actually be?
3. What does Mama Evangeline say is the first thing that happened the last time there was violent conflict in the DRC?
4. In Chapter 4, what does the chef do for Sophie that she really appreciates?
5. What does Sophie's mother tell her in Chapter 2 about her choice to buy an animal from a smuggler?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, why does the man who sold Otto to Sophie come to the sanctuary?
2. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie hear shortly after she enters the bonobo enclosure that makes her blood run cold?
3. In Chapter 1, why does Sophie pay the man who has the baby bonobo to take the bonobo home with her?
4. In Chapter 1, why are the roads in Kinshasa always so crowded?
5. Why do the nursery mamas at the sanctuary call Sophie "princesse" and what does the name mean to all of them?
6. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie realizes she is going to need to get in order to survive?
7. What was the only nice thing Sophie's fellow American students had ever said to her in her school days there?
8. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie remember to do when a small group of foraging bonobos appear?
9. In Chapter 2, what does Patrice tell Sophie about the state of the baby bonobo she has just bought?
10. What does Sophie's mother tell her about the reason the baby bonobo is missing fingers in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Sophie decides to treat Bouain the way she does in Chapter 22? What do you think were the most important factors contributing to her and Otto's escape from Bouain? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Sophie's reaction to seeing her friends and her mother's staff brutally killed by rebel forces at the sanctuary. How does she process this trauma as a young girl?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring why some of the sanctuary staff seem to adopt a standoffish attitude towards Sophie, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
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