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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The couple suggests that Fossey go on ahead to which location?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Kabara.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Rio.

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

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

4. Pantsy and an older gorilla named _____ are expecting babies.
(a) Icarus.
(b) Marchessa.
(c) Puck.
(d) Beethoven.

5. Like many secured human communities, the gorillas tend to use _____ to protect their young.
(a) Weapons.
(b) Enforcers.
(c) Fences.
(d) Sentries.

6. In which year was Fossey forced from her mountain camp?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1967.

7. Fossey sustains injury to which part of her body at the site?
(a) Back.
(b) Arm.
(c) Neck.
(d) Ankle.

8. How many weeks later does Fossey go into a gorilla-inhabited territory?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

9. Fossey compared the gorilla to a ____.
(a) Koala.
(b) Crow.
(c) Serpent.
(d) Panda.

10. Which group is not tracked from Fossey's second campsite?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

12. In examining the health of the gorillas, Fossey determines that the majority of the groups most likely have a _____ deficiency.
(a) Mineral.
(b) Protein.
(c) Vitamin.
(d) Iron.

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

14. How many adult silverback males are in this group?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

15. One of the young silverbacks has been injured by which of the following?
(a) Arrow.
(b) Shotgun.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following concerns Fossey upon her return to the United States?

2. In what year did Effie give birth to Maggie?

3. Which adjective describes the behavior of the mother gorilla that lost the baby?

4. The guide would soon teach Fossey how to do which of the following?

5. 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 ______.

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