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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 country did Jane visit after she finished school?

2. Where did Leakey take Goodall for an expedition?

3. What does Jane say is the only animal more fascinating than the chimpanzee?

4. What did Jane get a job doing during the holidays?

5. What kind of bird has Tinbergen examined?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jane think of school?

3. Why did the villagers think Lorenz was mad?

4. What did Tinbergen find out about seagulls?

5. How does Jane describe her father?

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

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

8. Describe Goodall's time at Oxford.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What are Jane's opinions on the following topics: apartheid, animal testing, and zoos?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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