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

2. How did Goodall first travel to Africa?
(a) By car.
(b) By passenger liner.
(c) By train.
(d) By plane.

3. In which city was Jane born?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) New Delhi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What species of duck refused to follow Lorenz?

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

3. What subject does Louis Leaky study?

4. What was the name of the friend Jane stayed with in Nairobi?

5. What did Leakey use for tables in his sleeping area?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jane do on her return to London?

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

4. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

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

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

7. How does the author define the word animal?

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

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

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

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