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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hunt does Jane say made her sick when she participated in it?

2. What did Goodall begin to collect in Nairobi?

3. What did Jane like to draw as a child?

4. Which of the following subjects did Jane find difficult at school?

5. What can Jane see sitting on a nest of straw?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jane learn to ride a horse?

2. Why does Jane know no languages other than English?

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

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

5. What did Rusty teach Jane about animals?

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

7. What did Tinbergen find out about seagulls?

8. How did the area Jane grew up in develop her love for animals?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Jane as the person she was at the beginning of the book to the person she is at the end. What did Jane hope to achieve at the beginning of the book? What events changed Jane's ideas about life? Did Jane achieve her goals by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What made Goodall a good ethologist? What did Goodall have to learn to become a successful ethologist?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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