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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 is the popular phrase for "word on the street?"

2. What does Sophie feel accompanies her fear as she rides on the motorbike with Otto in Chapter 17?

3. What does the second U.N. guard tell Sophie in Chapter 17?

4. Which bonobo is killed by a kata-kata when Sophie tries to escape the sanctuary with them in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 12, how does Sophie get an idea for the hierarchy in the bonobo group?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the old man at the school and AIDS clinic tell Sophie about how the rebels select boys to fill out their ranks?

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

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 14, how does Sophie realize the electrified fence is no longer on?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Sophie say is the advantage of the fear she feels in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 15 and 16, Sophie realizes the bonobos are acting differently than usual because they have experienced such upheaval as a result of the violence and turmoil around them. Write an essay analyzing her choice to drug all the bonobos except for Otto so he and she can move on without the others.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Sophie's decision, and the factors that contribute to her decision, to ask Wello to take her up the Congo River to get closer to her mother in Chapter 18.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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