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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which operation is supposedly required before Fossey can return to Africa?
(a) Heart.
(b) Tonsilectomy.
(c) Inner ear.
(d) Appendectomy.

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

3. What animal remains are a topic of interest?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Lion.
(d) Gorilla.

4. What is the name of the couple the woman wants to meet?
(a) Lacey.
(b) Leakey.
(c) Lindsey.
(d) Larson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fossey later learns that the operation was not necessary but rather it was a(n) _____.

2. Fossey uses the name of which famous composer?

3. What is the name of Fossey's camp?

4. 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 ______.

5. What item does the gorilla want more than anything?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Poppy's near brush with death. What happened? Who/what saved Poppy?

2. What methods were used to identify the gorillas in the beginning?

3. Discuss the behaviors tolerated by Cindy.

4. Discuss Fossey's study of gorilla dung. What did Fossey learn from the dung and the gorillas' behavior?

5. How did Leakey gauge Fossey's commitment to the project?

6. What happened when a female migrated from one group to another?

7. Describe some of the new residents at Fossey's camp.

8. Explain Fossey's first trek into the gorillas' territory. Who accompanied Fossey? Why?

9. Explain Fossey's first encounter with a gorilla.

10. What caused Bravado to change drastically?

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