View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sophie realizes has a crush on Anastasia?

2. What is the title of Part IV of the book?

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

4. What is the word for a particular kind of boat common on the Congo River?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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 the tension and interactions between Sophie and the "queen" ape, Anastasia. What do Sophie and Anastasia have in common? What are their biggest differences?

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 793 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample