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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of vehicle is procured by Fossey?
(a) Range Rover.
(b) Pickup truck.
(c) Land Rover.
(d) Jeep.

2. In what city does Fossey live?
(a) Portland.
(b) Athens.
(c) Grand Rapids.
(d) Louisville.

3. Two groups have an altercation over which of the following:
(a) Food.
(b) Female.
(c) Territory.
(d) Water.

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

5. In what year did Beethoven seem to recover and take charge of the group once more?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1978,
(d) 1976.

6. How old is the young male?
(a) 1 year old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

7. Fossey stumbled through the woods. To gain her footing, Fossey grabbed into what she thought was a vine. It was not a vine; it was a ______.
(a) Lion's tale.
(b) Snake.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Hyena.

8. What unusual item do the gorillas love?
(a) Black snakes.
(b) Fungus.
(c) Canaries.
(d) Grubs.

9. Pantsy gives birth to a boy named _____.
(a) Farley.
(b) Shinda.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Buck.

10. What is the couple's surname?
(a) Ward.
(b) Sands.
(c) Root.
(d) Burt.

11. What is the first name of the main character in the story?
(a) Dana.
(b) Dian.
(c) Dina.
(d) Diana.

12. To which group did these gorillas belong?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

13. Liza is the mother of a young gorilla named ______.
(a) Paulo.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Pippo.
(d) Pablo.

14. Which is not one of the names given to the gorillas?
(a) Curry.
(b) Brahms
(c) Bravery.
(d) Icarus.

15. How old, on average, is the youngest group of gorillas to leave their mothers?
(a) 29 months.
(b) 22 months.
(c) 48 months.
(d) 34 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Fossey?

2. Which is not one of Effie's daughters?

3. What is Fossey's first stop in Africa?

4. Where does the character want to go on a trip?

5. The author first encounters ___ groups of gorillas.

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