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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. For how many hours does it rain every day on the island?

2. How did Eva's father know that Sniff had fallen against the electric fence?

3. What color are Grog's eyes when she visits him in the hospital?

4. How many times a day does Mimi call her lawyer?

5. Who is Mimi's lawyer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grog think Eva's purpose should be?

2. How does Eva get Bobo to calm down?

3. Why does Grog believe that the chimps have to learn to live without help from the humans?

4. Why is Eva summoned to speak with her father and the other humans?

5. Why didn't Eva go get help when Wang got sick?

6. Why had the winter been tough in the Reserve?

7. Why had Lulu never reared a baby of her own?

8. What did botanists say about food for the chimps on the island?

9. Why was it a problem when Tatters became boss of the group?

10. What are Eva's chimp and human minds telling her when searchers come to the woods where she and the others are hiding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On day twelve of the fourth month after Eva's awakening, Eva asks whom she belongs to. Discuss who, if anyone, owns Eva.

Essay Topic 2

Eva meets Grog during a commercial shoot. Discuss Grog and his relationship with characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In Section 12, Eva thinks to herself that the "human Eva [must be] no more than a guest at a wedding." Discuss that statement and what it means to Eva.

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