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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Louis' wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Denise.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Jane.

2. How did Goodall first travel to Africa?
(a) By car.
(b) By train.
(c) By passenger liner.
(d) By plane.

3. In which city did Jane find a job after she left the clinic?
(a) York.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Bath.

4. What does an ethologist study?
(a) Humans.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Plants.
(d) Animals.

5. Why did Jane find it so difficult to learn German?
(a) Her host family only spoke to her in English.
(b) She thought it was an ugly language.
(c) The grammar was too difficult.
(d) She couldn't pronounce the words.

6. Dr. Doolittle could talk to __________.
(a) Dead people.
(b) Angels.
(c) Animals.
(d) Plants.

7. What was the name of the red brick house Jane lived in with Danny, her mother, and Judy?
(a) Ridings.
(b) The Birches.
(c) The Red Ballonn.
(d) The Shire.

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

9. Who is known as the father of ethology?
(a) Desmond Morris.
(b) Douglas Hume.
(c) Konrad Lorenz.
(d) David Attenborough.

10. Which of the following birds did Jane see at the Oxford river?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Kingfishers.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Hawks.

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

12. How does Jane say she first traveled to Africa?
(a) By boat.
(b) By plane.
(c) By car.
(d) By train.

13. What kind of dance did von Frisch say bees performed?
(a) A waltz.
(b) A tiptoe dance.
(c) A knees up dance.
(d) A waggle dance.

14. What does Jane say there was little of during the war?
(a) Cars.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Food.
(d) Men.

15. What is the name of Jane's sister?
(a) Denise.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Judy.
(d) Petra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tanzania called before it became Tanzania?

2. What does Jane watch the chicken doing?

3. What country did Jane visit after she finished school?

4. What did Jane learn while in Germany?

5. In which city did Lorenz live in?

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