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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 school did Jane go to in London?

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

3. What does an ethologist study?

4. Why did Jane's parents send her to live in France?

5. What species of duck refused to follow Lorenz?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author define the word animal?

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

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

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

6. How did Jane learn to ride a horse?

7. What did Jane think of school?

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

9. What does Goodall say was the process of getting to learn so much about chimps?

10. What are ethologists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What regrets does Jane have about life? What pleases Jane about how she lived her life? What can you learn about life from reading Goodall's biography?

Essay Topic 2

What events in Jane's life contributed to her decision to study chimpanzees? Why do you think she chose to study chimpanzees over other animals?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between the African and Western cultures? In what ways have the two cultures influenced each other?

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