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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 did Jane get a job doing during the holidays?

2. Where did many of the hens like to lay their eggs rather than the hen house?

3. Why did Jane find it so difficult to learn German?

4. What was Tanzania called before it became Tanzania?

5. What fictional character is Jane reminded of when she sees the Canary islands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jane learn about Germans when she went to visit the country?

2. How did Jane learn to ride a horse?

3. Why did the villagers think Lorenz was mad?

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

5. What are ethologists?

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

7. What did Jane think of school?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Derek's death effect Jane? What did Derek give Jane that no one else could?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the animals in the book and examine the myths that surround that animal in popular culture. How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

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