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

2. What is Alice’s maiden name?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Lord Greystoke do when he sees the crew mutiny?

4. What does Tarzan do with the locket he finds in the cabin?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Tarzan see when he returns to the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lord Greystoke get killed?

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

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

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

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

7. What breaks the peace around the area of Tarzan’s ape tribe in Chapter 9?

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

9. Why does Tarzan remain king of the ape tribe for a while and how does he finally relinquish that position?

10. What does Tarzan do about clothing for himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels.

Compare/contrast the characters of Jane and Kala. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Clayton and Tarzan. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of Tarzan and the Apes, Tarzan returns to the jungle. Discuss Tarzan’s reasons for returning to the jungle. Do you think his decision was a reasonable one? Would you have made the same decision? Use examples from the book to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

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