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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. What was the Australopithecus eventually nicknamed?
(a) The Nutcraker Man.
(b) Bonecrusher Smith.
(c) Iron Man.
(d) The Demolition Man.

2. What did Leakey use for tables in his sleeping area?
(a) Branches.
(b) Boxes.
(c) Books.
(d) Mud bricks.

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

4. Why did Leakey offer Goodall a job?
(a) He needed an English speaker.
(b) She had all the right qualifications.
(c) She knew a lot about animals.
(d) She was pretty.

5. What did Jane need in order to get a major scholarship at Oxford?
(a) A recommendation.
(b) A job.
(c) A language.
(d) An internship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fictional doctor did Jane loving reading about as a child?

2. What are Leakey and Goodall hunting for in this section?

3. Which famous king once lived on the grounds of Jane's father's estate?

4. What was Uncle Rex's main business?

5. In which city did Lorenz live in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Jane think of school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

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