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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Lord Greystoke’s morals?
(a) The narrator does not mention Lord Greystoke’s morals.
(b) They are shoddy.
(c) He is amoral.
(d) He has the best of morals.

2. Why can’t Tarzan read his father’s diary?
(a) It is written in cursive.
(b) It is written in French.
(c) It is written in German.
(d) It is written in code.

3. What does Tarzan do when Clayton goes into the jungle?
(a) Follows Clayton.
(b) Watches the cabin to see the white woman again.
(c) Goes back to his tribe.
(d) Watches the sailors.

4. What does Tarzan mean in ape language?
(a) Stupid.
(b) King.
(c) Human.
(d) White skin.

5. How does Tarzan continue his lessons when his tribe is far from the cabin?
(a) Arranging twigs to represent letters.
(b) Talking with other goats.
(c) He scratches on logs with his knife.
(d) He carries the books with him.

6. How does Tarzan make rope?
(a) He braids hemp.
(b) He uses vines for rope.
(c) He cuts strips out of animal skins.
(d) He twists long grasses together.

7. What happens when Jane goes outside to meet Tarzan?
(a) She faints.
(b) She hands him a note.
(c) She falls in love just looking at him.
(d) Tarzan is gone.

8. What does Tarzan try to do with Sabor’s skin?
(a) Make a mask.
(b) Make a soft bed.
(c) Make a sling shot.
(d) Make clothing.

9. What does Tarzan do with the locket he finds in the cabin?
(a) Hides it in the cabin.
(b) Puts it around his neck.
(c) Puts it in his arrow quiver.
(d) Puts it in a pouch around his waist.

10. What does Kala’s mate want to do with Tarzan?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Teach him how to move through the trees.
(c) Give him to another she ape.
(d) Nothing, he is indifferent to Tarzan.

11. What does the note that is slid under the Greystokes’ door say?
(a) Do not report the theft from his cabin.
(b) Come to the ship’s boat at midnight with their belongings.
(c) Keep their door locked at all times.
(d) The mutiny is that night.

12. In Chapter 6, how does Tarzan get into his father’s cabin?
(a) He goes through the roof.
(b) He figures out how to open the latch.
(c) He climbs through a window.
(d) He slides down the chimney.

13. In Chapter 2, what does Black Michael tell the crew about the Greystokes?
(a) He does not mention the Greystokes.
(b) The Greystokes are his friends.
(c) Leave them in the cabin.
(d) Bring them to the deck.

14. What does Tarzan take after a Dum-Dum circle from a dead enemy ape?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A large piece of meat.
(c) The ape’s foot.
(d) The necklace the ape wore.

15. Why is Lord Greystoke going to Africa?
(a) On his honeymoon.
(b) To go on a safari.
(c) His wife is from Africa.
(d) To make an inspection of a British colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarzan do with the pot of poison in Chapter 10?

2. What does Tarzan throw at one of the warriors in Chapter 11?

3. What is the name the great apes have for an elephant?

4. What fascinates Tarzan about a pencil?

5. What does Tarzan keep telling Clayton to do about the lion?

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