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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. Who takes over after Whinny dies?

2. At this point, Fossey sees the future of the group as ____.

3. What is the name given to the mysterious gorilla?

4. Fossey and her team work hard to eliminate _____.

5. Groups 8 and 9 share an area filled with which of the following:

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe at least one scenario in which one or more of the gorillas showed what could be equal to human emotion.

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

3. Who is Old Goat? What was unusual about her?

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

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

6. Who was Ric Elliot? Why did Fossey choose him to work at the camp?

7. What was the situation between Group 9, Group 8, and the females?

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

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

10. Describe Fossey's first major interaction with Peanuts.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dian Fossey died in 1985. The Karisoke Research Centre lives on under the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. Compare and contrast the works of the Fund with other organizations involved in similar activities including the Wilkie Foundation, Leakey Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.

Essay Topic 2

Mountain gorillas are only one of the species that ended up on the endangered species list. What does it mean to be an endangered species? How can humans affect this occurrence? Write a 750 word essay on endangered species. Include these topics: Definition of an endangered species, how the danger is decided and categorized, what is on the list, the criteria, difference between endangered and extinct, ways to be removed from the list, and efforts of people and institutions to reverse the problem.

Essay Topic 3

Political upheaval was the reason Fossey was forced to leave Karisoke Research Centre for the first time. Study the political structure of Africa at that time. Why was there political upheaval? Who was involved? Why did it affect the camp? Why/how did it affect Fossey's work? How did Fossey convince the officials to let the work at the camp continue? Was Fossey ever a part of or target for political issues? How did Fossey view the entire situation?

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