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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. What type of tree was it?
(a) Beechwood.
(b) Hagenia.
(c) Candelabra.
(d) Wattle.

2. What type of home do gorillas build for themselves?
(a) Nests.
(b) Dens.
(c) Lairs.
(d) Treehouses.

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?
(a) Poodles.
(b) Wolf dogs.
(c) Beagles.
(d) Basset hounds.

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

5. Where does the character want to go on a trip?
(a) Africa.
(b) India.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gorilla that has yet to bear a child?

2. What animals routinely thwart Fossey's efforts to observe and study the gorillas?

3. Which two females change groups and are never seen again?

4. What is the man's occupation?

5. At this point in the story, Fossey has lived with the gorillas for ___ years.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is infanticide? What incident made Fossey aware that it exists among gorillas?

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Dian Fossey? What type of work does she do?

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

8. Discuss the introduction of Icarus. To which group did Icarus belong? Who else belonged to the group?

9. Fossey was careful to do what major thing after meeting the gorillas for the first time?

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

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