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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Leakey offer Goodall a job?
(a) She knew a lot about animals.
(b) She had all the right qualifications.
(c) She was pretty.
(d) He needed an English speaker.

2. What is the first thing baby geese learn?
(a) To follow the first moving object.
(b) To swim.
(c) To flap their wings.
(d) To eat.

3. Leakey grew up with ___________.
(a) The Wren tribe.
(b) The Kikiyu tribe.
(c) The Juniper tribe.
(d) The Sans tribe.

4. What does Jane say she could always faintly smell in the manor house?
(a) Cigars.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Oil lamps.

5. What could the domestic duck do that Lorenz couldn't?
(a) Swim.
(b) Fly.
(c) Waddle.
(d) Quack.

6. In which city did Lorenz live in?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Munich.
(c) Venice.
(d) Stuttgart.

7. Which of the following birds did Jane find scary?
(a) Mallards.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Geese.
(d) Swans.

8. What fictional character is Jane reminded of when she sees the Canary islands?
(a) Doctor Doolittle.
(b) Dr. Moreau.
(c) Tarzan.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

9. Why did Jane have no time to learn French?
(a) The war started.
(b) The family wanted to learn English.
(c) She had too much school work.
(d) She was invited to live in Africa.

10. What does Jane say she was puzzled about as a five-year-old?
(a) Mother's Day.
(b) Police cars.
(c) Chicken eggs.
(d) Chicken beaks.

11. What did Jane get a job doing during the holidays?
(a) Collecting duck eggs.
(b) Working in the stable.
(c) Working on a chicken farm.
(d) Working in a cowshed.

12. What does Jane say she hated about South Africa?
(a) The cities.
(b) The animal sacrifice.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) Religion.

13. What kind of animal did Danny Nutt love?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Geese.
(c) Cats.
(d) Apes.

14. What does a dog do before it lies down in bed?
(a) Barks once.
(b) Goes round in a circle.
(c) Whimpers three times.
(d) Rolls on its back.

15. Which of the following sea life does Jane say she glimpsed in the sea on the way to Africa?
(a) Rooster fish.
(b) Piranhas.
(c) Flying fish.
(d) Ray fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leakey and his wife sleep?

2. Which famous king once lived on the grounds of Jane's father's estate?

3. What subject does Louis Leaky study?

4. What animal did Jane enjoy feeding at the manor house?

5. What kind of hunt does Jane say made her sick when she participated in it?

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