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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. Fossey returns to which group at this point?

2. What might Fossey find there?

3. Fossey gets upset when the students focus more on their ____ than working with the gorillas.

4. The man photographs which two gorillas before they are taken to the zoo?

5. Group 9 is missing for how many months?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what year did the census begin? Why was it important? Who helped Fossey with the task?

2. What was one of the most famous photos of Digit? How did it misrepresent his personality?

3. What are some of the issues faced by the students?

4. Describe some of the members of Group 4 from Fossey's first observations in 1967.

5. What were some of Fossey's ongoing issues with funding for the research and camp operation?

6. What was Fossey's opinion of visitors to the park?

7. Explain at least some of the things that the students do that irritated Fossey.

8. Who was Ian Redmond? What was his job at the camp? How did he relate to the natives?

9. How did the relationship between Fossey and Digit begin?

10. Discuss the murder of Digit and Fossey's reaction. What good might have come from Digit's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Dian Fossey had a difficult time employing student workers. Many of the workers were inexperienced, not wholly devoted to the gorillas, the study or the process. Describe Fossey's dilemmas and trials with students. Include some of the antics detailed by the author. Also examine the positive contributions of the students and how they helped to expand the facility.

Essay Topic 2

As with many researchers and projects of note, Dian Fossey started a foundation to ensure that her work would live on even after she was gone. Write a 500 word essay on the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, the Digit Fund, and other related organizations that were started and/or inspired by Fossey and her work in Rwanda.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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