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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. Fossey sustains injury to which part of her body at the site?
(a) Arm.
(b) Neck.
(c) Back.
(d) Ankle.
2. The author first encounters ___ groups of gorillas.
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.
3. What item does Fossey give to the gorilla to keep him occupied and out of her things?
(a) Clay.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Magazine.
(d) Ball of string.
4. What item of interest did Fossey want to see?
(a) Lama.
(b) Stadium.
(c) River.
(d) Fossil.
5. What adjective is used to describe the young gorilla's nature?
(a) Ornery.
(b) Boisterous.
(c) Playful.
(d) Flamboyant.
Short Answer Questions
1. The couple suggests that Fossey go on ahead to which location?
2. The guide would soon teach Fossey how to do which of the following?
3. Fossey believes that one of the young may have become a victim of which of the following:
4. The baby girl born around this time is named ____.
5. What does Fossey name the showy gorilla?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss how Alan Root helped Fossey establish a base camp. Where was it located? What types of things did Fossey attempt to put into place?
2. What are some of the first things Fossey did when arriving in Nairobi?
3. What is infanticide? What incident made Fossey aware that it exists among gorillas?
4. How did Leakey gauge Fossey's commitment to the project?
5. What happens when Fossey left Africa? Where did she go? What opportunity arose soon after her return?
6. Discuss Poppy's near brush with death. What happened? Who/what saved Poppy?
7. Discuss the episode in which Fossey is forced to leave the camp. What convinced officials to let her return?
8. Describe at least one harsh lesson learned by Fossey while looking for the animals.
9. Discuss Fossey's study of gorilla dung. What did Fossey learn from the dung and the gorillas' behavior?
10. Discuss the episode in which Brahms was shot by a poacher.
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