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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What species of duck refused to follow Lorenz?
(a) A browning.
(b) A mallard.
(c) An Aylesbury.
(d) A swan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a dog do before it lies down in bed?

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

3. How did Goodall first travel to Africa?

4. What did Lorenz find out about the relationship between male and female geese?

5. What could the domestic duck do that Lorenz couldn't?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jane learn about Germans when she went to visit the country?

2. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

3. Why couldn't Jane go to Gombe National Park immediately?

4. How did Jane learn to ride a horse?

5. What does Goodall say she does as an ethologist?

6. Describe the terrain the first time Goodall explored the area.

7. How did Jane ignite her passion for exotic animals as a youngster without ever seeing them?

8. What did Jane do once she was back in London?

9. Why did Goodall decide against collecting animals as pets?

10. What did Louis Leakey discover a few years after Jane went fossil hunting with him?

(see the answer keys)

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