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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Beethoven when he was injured?
(a) 42.
(b) 47.
(c) 39.
(d) 51.

2. What item does Fossey find in the young gorilla's dung?
(a) Toe.
(b) Bone.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Claw.

3. Which gorilla groups are tracked from Fossey's first campsite?
(a) 7, 8, 9.
(b) 1, 2, 3.
(c) 3, 4, 5.
(d) 5, 6, 7.

4. What is a common sign of contentment for the gorillas?
(a) Scratching.
(b) Grooming.
(c) Humming.
(d) Belching.

5. What are the names of the two new chickens?
(a) Fred and Barney.
(b) Cindy and Pantsy.
(c) Sammy and Tammy.
(d) Walter and Wilma.

6. Who approaches Fossey about a long term study of the gorillas?
(a) Leakey.
(b) Leighton.
(c) Root.
(d) Gordon.

7. What is the name of Fossey's dog?
(a) Carla.
(b) Sassy.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Cindy.

8. The man is known for supplying funding for the work of Jane _____.
(a) Weir.
(b) Leighton.
(c) Goddall.
(d) Crawford.

9. In what year did Effie give birth to Maggie?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1978.

10. What is the name of the guide Fossey engages?
(a) Sacagawea.
(b) Squanto.
(c) Sanwekwe.
(d) Stormcloud.

11. What was the name of Fossey's hen?
(a) Trixie.
(b) Alice.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Ethel.

12. What is the name of the female companion?
(a) Janice.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Joan.
(d) Jessie.

13. The author first encounters ___ groups of gorillas.
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

14. Fossey notes that many gorillas will eat which of the following:
(a) Fish.
(b) Young.
(c) Dung.
(d) Spoiled berries.

15. Beethoven would punish Tuck and Pablo for which of the following offenses?
(a) Waking him up.
(b) Horsing around.
(c) Wandering off.
(d) Stealing food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks later does Fossey go into a gorilla-inhabited territory?

2. Fossey fights to save two of the babies from being taken to which zoo?

3. Fossey talks about the call put out when the gorillas area ready to leave to find food. The author says the gorillas sound like a pack of what type of dogs?

4. What is the name of the first baby born since Fossey's arrival?

5. Pantsy gives birth to a boy named _____.

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