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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. In Chapter 6, what is one of Otto's favorite games?

2. In Chapter 6, how is Sophie planning to get to the airport safely?

3. How does Sophie mainly communicate with her father in America when she is visiting her mother in the DRC?

4. What does Sophie's mother tell the man who brought two baby bonobos to the sanctuary in Chapter 4?

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, what does the sanctuary's chef, Emile, do that touches Sophie?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Sophie do after she jumps out of the U.N. transport van?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie hear shortly after she enters the bonobo enclosure that makes her blood run cold?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Sophie say about her parents' marriage and why it fell apart?

5. In Chapter 10, what are some of the things Sophie sees on the sanctuary grounds that haunt and disturb her?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 1, why does Sophie pay the man who has the baby bonobo to take the bonobo home with her?

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

9. What was the only nice thing Sophie's fellow American students had ever said to her in her school days there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how Sophie's ability and choice to speak about her experiences in the Congo during the war evolve over the course of her young adulthood in Chapter 27. Why does it seem as if Sophie finds it increasingly difficult to speak of these experiences? Cite specific references to the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing Sophie's attitudes towards the Democratic Republic of Congo in the beginning of the novel, before the rebels take over the sanctuary.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most difficult obstacles Sophie and Otto face as they fight for survival in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) amid violence and political chaos? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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