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

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

3. Where did Leakey and his wife sleep?
(a) Under the shade of a tree.
(b) In a bush.
(c) The back of a car.
(d) The back of a van.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Leakey offer Goodall a job?

2. Jane says she feels a closeness to __________.

3. What does Jane watch the chicken doing?

4. What does Jane say she could always faintly smell in the manor house?

5. What did Goodall begin to collect in Nairobi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rusty teach Jane about animals?

2. Describe Goodall's time at Oxford.

3. How did Jane learn to ride a horse?

4. How does Jane describe her father?

5. Why did Jane's mother come with her to Tanzania?

6. Why did Jane love the Canary Islands so much?

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

8. How does Goodall say she first became interested in animals?

9. What did Tinbergen find out about seagulls?

10. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

(see the answer keys)

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