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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. How long does Sophie stay at the boys' school in Chapter 16?
2. In Chapter 17, what do the people in the crowd take from Sophie?
3. Who does Sophie realizes has a crush on Anastasia?
4. In Chapter 12, what does Otto develop that worries Sophie?
5. Who is the oldest bonobo?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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 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 15, why does Sophie decide she must leave all the bonobos in the jungle besides Otto as she goes off to find her mother?
5. In Chapter 18, how does Sophie plan to try to reach her mother?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 12, why does Sophie find herself falling towards the ground in the middle of the night?
8. In Chapter 14, how does Sophie realize the electrified fence is no longer on?
9. In Chapter 17, what changes Sophie's mind about leaving Otto in the Congo and taking a U.N. transport to the U.S.?
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
Why do you think Sophie decides to treat Bouain the way she does in Chapter 22? What do you think were the most important factors contributing to her and Otto's escape from Bouain? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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
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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