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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane watch the chicken doing?
(a) Attempting to fly.
(b) Laying an egg.
(c) Pecking another chicken.
(d) Eating grain.

2. Jane traveled to Africa on the liner named ______________.
(a) Kenya Castle.
(b) Swasi-mound.
(c) Nigeria Gold.
(d) Timbuktoo.

3. Where did many of the hens like to lay their eggs rather than the hen house?
(a) The woods.
(b) The bushes.
(c) The long grass.
(d) The cellar.

4. Why does Jane say she was lucky during her first voyage to Africa?
(a) She had a first class cabin.
(b) She saw rare species of fish.
(c) She met her future husband.
(d) She never felt seasick.

5. Which of the following subjects did Jane enjoy at school?
(a) History.
(b) German.
(c) Business.
(d) French.

6. What kind of car did Jane's father own?
(a) A Bentley.
(b) An Aston Martin.
(c) A Jaguar.
(d) A Cortina.

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

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

9. Which fictional doctor did Jane loving reading about as a child?
(a) Dr. Doolittle.
(b) Dr. Moreau.
(c) Dr. Horace.
(d) Dr. Nutty.

10. Where did Leakey take Goodall for an expedition?
(a) Mluvami Valley.
(b) Cook Island.
(c) Olduvai Gorge.
(d) Victoria Lake.

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

12. What kind of mammal did Jane have an argument with her aunt about?
(a) A jaguar.
(b) A human.
(c) A whale.
(d) A dog.

13. Where did Rusty live?
(a) A hotel.
(b) The bus shelter.
(c) A badger hole.
(d) The woods.

14. What did Goodall begin to collect in Nairobi?
(a) Orphaned animals.
(b) Fossils.
(c) African shields.
(d) Feathers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Goodall like to collect in the area she lived in during the war?

2. What is the name of Jane's sister?

3. What is the first thing baby geese learn?

4. Why did Jane's parents send her to live in France?

5. In which city did Lorenz live in?

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