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

2. What was the name of the race horse Jane rode on when she was two?
(a) Hello Dandy.
(b) Painstaker.
(c) Desert Orchid.
(d) Red Rum.

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

4. What kind of dog was Peggy?
(a) An alsation.
(b) A golden retriever.
(c) A bull terrier.
(d) A pit bull.

5. What was Uncle Rex's main business?
(a) Betting.
(b) Sport management.
(c) Motor-racing.
(d) Horse racing,

Short Answer Questions

1. What species of duck refused to follow Lorenz?

2. What did Jane's father do for a hobby?

3. What kind of car did Jane's father own?

4. What was Tanzania called before it became Tanzania?

5. What kind of bird has Tinbergen examined?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Goodall set up her camp in Gombe?

3. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

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

5. Why did the villagers think Lorenz was mad?

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

7. How does Jane describe her father?

8. How did Goodall and her family cope during the war?

9. Describe Goodall's time at Oxford.

10. What did Jane and her mother do while waiting for permission to observe the chimp in Gombe Park?

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