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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 16, what does Sophie come across that is good to eat?

2. What do Wello and Sophie always eat for breakfast and lunch on the boat?

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

4. Who does Sophie meet in Chapter 16 in the abandoned village where she leaves the bonobos?

5. Who is the oldest bonobo?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, why is Sophie so pleased to see abandoned fields of manioc in her travels?

2. In Chapter 17, why does Sophie surmise some of the people crowding the airport are dressed in fine clothes even though they are fleeing violence?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What kinds of sacrifices and choices does Sophie describe her mother Florence as making in the service of running the bonobo sanctuary? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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