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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 item of interest did Fossey want to see?
(a) River.
(b) Stadium.
(c) Lama.
(d) Fossil.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pantsy gives birth to a boy named _____.

3. Fossey notes that Beethoven has been healing well but has starting acting ____.

4. What is the name given to the young silverback?

5. What name does Fossey give to the vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventually happened to Bravado and a female named Piper?

2. What was the unusual behavior of Puck? How did Fossey attempt to appease him? What did Fossey learn from the experience?

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

4. What happens when Fossey left Africa? Where did she go? What opportunity arose soon after her return?

5. Explain Group 5's move to the subalpine range, Fossey's theory, and actions taken to protect the gorillas.

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

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

8. Who are Louis and Mary Leakey? How do they play a part in the story? How do they influence Fossey? What misadventure took place while Fossey was in Africa with the couple?

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

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

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