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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, why does Tarzan return to his father’s cabin at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) To find the knife he took from the cabin.
(b) To clean the cabin up and bury the skeletons.
(c) To see who his father might be.
(d) To make certain the door is locked.

2. How does Kala die?
(a) She is grabbed by a crocodile.
(b) She dies of old age.
(c) Kulonga kills her.
(d) Kerchak kills her.

3. In Chapter 12, where does Tarzan take the tribe to eat?
(a) To the beach, where he teaches them to fish.
(b) To the river.
(c) Into the jungle, like always.
(d) The vegetable fields at the village.

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

5. In Chapter 8 who does Tarzan decide to kill when the tribe runs from her?
(a) Tabor.
(b) Sabor.
(c) Golinga.
(d) Numa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Greystoke told, secretly?

3. What does Lord Greystoke stop the captain of their charter boat from doing?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Tarzan take with him when he leaves the cabin?

5. How many men does Tarzan see on the beach when the second boat lands in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tarzan become King of the Apes?

2. Why is Lord Greystoke in Africa and what kind of man does the narrator say he is?

3. How does Tarzan save Clayton’s life two times in Chapter 14?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, why does Tarzan return to the cabin and what does he do there?

5. How is Jane saved from the lioness trying to get into the cabin?

6. Why does Tarzan decide to kill a lioness and what happens in his first attempt in Chapter 8?

7. What does Lord Greystoke witness on the ship and what does Black Michael say is to be his fate?

8. How does Tarzan learn to read and write and at what age does he read the child’s primer?

9. Why does Kala worry about her baby and how does Tarzan get his name?

10. How does Tarzan feel about the men who have come to the cabin?

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