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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. Why did Leakey offer Goodall a job?

2. Where did Leakey and his wife sleep?

3. What did Jane learn while in Germany?

4. What does Jane say tickled her legs as she crouched down?

5. What animal did Jane enjoy feeding at the manor house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are ethologists?

2. How does Jane describe her father?

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

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

5. Describe the terrain the first time Goodall explored the area.

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

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

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

9. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

10. In what way was Leakey responsible for starting Jane's obsession with chimpanzees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the influence that Jane's mother, Louis Leavey, and Hugo van Lawick had on Jane's life.

Essay Topic 2

What new discoveries did Jane make about chimps? Why were chimps not properly researched before? Why are Jane's discoveries so important?

Essay Topic 3

What is ethology? What famous ethologists have there been? What did they contribute to the field of study? Why has Jane made such a good ethologist?

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