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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. Dr. Doolittle could talk to __________.

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

3. How did Goodall travel to Nairobi?

4. Where did Leakey and his wife sleep?

5. What was the Australopithecus eventually nicknamed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

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

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

6. Why was meeting Louis Leakey such an important part of Jane's life?

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

8. What are ethologists?

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

10. How does Jane describe her father?

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

How has Goodall continued to help chimpanzees? What do you think the future holds for Goodall and her chimps?

Essay Topic 3

How did World War II affect Jane and her family? What does Jane's being sent to Germany by her mother after the war say about Jane's upbringing?

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