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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the guide Fossey engages?

2. Fossey believes that one of the young may have become a victim of which of the following:

3. What item does Fossey find in the young gorilla's dung?

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

5. Where is the couple located at the time of the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Fossey do to make the babies laugh?

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

3. Examine Effie's serious wounds and how they were treated.

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

5. What was Fossey's initial dream? How did it come to fruition?

6. What happened to Coco and Pucker? What was Fossey's reaction?

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

8. Name at least one issue with three-year-old Pablo.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a complete character description of Tim White. Who was White? Why did he travel to the Karisoke Research Centre? What were his goals? What did White do while he was at the centre? What was White's relationship to Fossey? How did White get along with the student workers? What was White's biggest contribution to the work? What happened after White left Karisoke?

Essay Topic 2

Not putting oneself above the animals was one of Fossey's commitments. Discuss what Fossey meant by putting oneself above the animals. Why did this issue anger Fossey? Who tended to put themselves above the animals? What was Fossey's response? Give specific examples of an action or incident in which a person would put himself above the animals. Would such behavior cause damage to the study? What does it say about the researcher? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Interaction with gorillas was meant to take place at a distance at first. Fossey knew the power and potential ferocity of the gorillas. Discuss in detail how Fossey approached the gorillas and how she intended to interact with the animals. Discuss how the interaction between Fossey and the gorillas changed over the years. What happened to break Fossey's resolve in this area? Did Fossey always make the initial contact? Explain.

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