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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 9, what disturbs the peace in the jungle near the ape tribe?
(a) A pride of lions.
(b) A huge troop of baboons move nearby.
(c) A large group of black people.
(d) A ship in the harbor.

2. How does Tarzan become King of the Apes?
(a) He subdues Kerchak.
(b) He kills a lion stalking the tribe.
(c) He kills Kerchak.
(d) He fights the three largest apes in the tribe.

3. What does Tarzan do with the pot of poison in Chapter 10?
(a) Turns it over.
(b) Puts flowers in it.
(c) Throws it on the warriors in the village.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What happens to Kala’s infant?
(a) He dies when he chokes on some berries.
(b) He is killed by Kerchak.
(c) He is stolen by another she ape.
(d) He dies when she drops him from a great height.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Tarzan when he is finally able to read the children’s primer?

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

3. In Chapter 12, where does Tarzan take the tribe to eat?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Black Michael tell the crew about the Greystokes?

5. What does Tarzan do when Kala is alone when Tublat is raging?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tarzan do in Kulonga’s hut in the village and how do the villagers react?

2. How does Kala die and what does Tarzan do about her death?

3. How many apes are in Kerchak’s tribe and what is Kala like?

4. In Chapter 3, what happens when the ship reaches land and what do the Greystokes do immediately?

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

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

7. How does Tarzan get arrows from the village in Chapter 10?

8. How do Tarzan and Clayton get back to the cabin fast when they hear a gunshot?

9. How does Alice lose her memory of her recent past?

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

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