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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 19, what does Wello tell Sophie he hated to do in Kinshasa?

2. What is Sophie's plan to try to lose the rest of the bonobos as she and Otto press on with their journey?

3. How long does Sophie stay at the boys' school in Chapter 16?

4. What does Hector tell Sophie the DRC is the richest country in the world in terms of?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Sophie take from the abandoned village besides food that will help her on her journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how does Sophie realize the electrified fence is no longer on?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie watch the bonobos do and attempt to mimic to try to stay dry when it rains?

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 14, what strikes Sophie about the way the rebels look compared to the way the bonobos in the sanctuary look?

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

7. In Chapter 14, what is it that alerts the rebels to Sohie's and the bonobos' escape?

8. In Chapter 17, who helps Sophie get across the stream of people to where the U.N. has its headquarters?

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

10. In Chapter 18, how does Sophie plan to try to reach her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the bonobo characteristics and behaviors that Sophie describes as being the most human-like? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

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

In a country where crushing poverty affects millions of people, the bonobos in Sophie's mother's sanctuary arguably had a better quality of life than many humans. Write an essay exploring the range of perspectives different characters in the book expressed about this state of affairs.

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