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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 is the group of female bonobos in the enclosure called?

2. What does Sophie finally get Otto to drink in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 2, who is the first worker at the sanctuary that helps Sophie when she brings back what she bought from the smuggler?

4. Who are the strangers Sophie meets in the start of Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 8, what is one sign of friendship a bonobo exhibits towards others?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sophie explain she finds it fitting that in one of the Congo's languages, Lingala, yesterday and tomorrow are the same word?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Sophie describe her mother?

3. In Chapter 6, why is the bonobo Pweto quarantined from the other animals?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Sophie think changes Anastasia's mind about charging her and hurting her?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Clement tell Sophie about how her mother will react when she finds out Sophie bought the bonobo?

6. In Chapter 2, what does Patrice tell Sophie about the state of the baby bonobo she has just bought?

7. In Chapter 1, why are the roads in Kinshasa always so crowded?

8. In Chapter 4, what does Sophie's mother tell her about the only way to get baby bonobos in the wild, and why does she tell her this?

9. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie remember about the difference between young bonobos and adult bonobos?

10. What are the "white weapons" the U.N. warns many people are being killed with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Sophie decides to stay with her mother to help her rebuild the sanctuary rather than return to the United States to finish high school and live with her father. Write an essay analyzing Sophie's decision and explain what her choice reveals about her changing relationship with her mother and her attachment to Otto.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 17, Sophie witnesses the desperate scene at the airport of throngs of people hoping to get out the country. She finally wavers and considers leaving Otto to evacuate without him, but she witnesses something at the U.N. headquarters that changes her mind completely. Write an essay analyzing Sophie's decision not to evacuate and identifying the reasons for her changing her mind.

Essay Topic 3

Sophie describes feeling as if the bonobos - including Pweto and Otto - had saved her life during the chaos and violence. Write an essay exploring how the bonobos protected Sophie during the unrest.

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