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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. What is George's job?
(a) To train elephants.
(b) To sell popcorn.
(c) To clean the mall.
(d) To perform as a clown.

2. What is a claw-stick?
(a) A tool used by janitors to pick up trash.
(b) A pointed tool used to train elephants.
(c) A brace to help an injured animal walk.
(d) A toy sold at the circus.

3. Ivan compares Stella to what item found in nature?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A rock.
(d) A waterfall.

4. What does Ivan draw with the yellow crayon?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) The sun.
(c) A sunflower.
(d) A banana.

5. Who is Thelma?
(a) Mack's wife.
(b) A baby elephant.
(c) A circus clown.
(d) A macaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much food must a silverback gorilla eat each day?

2. When Ivan was a baby, what did he use to draw pictures?

3. Which species does Ivan describe as "dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers"?

4. Where does Ivan think other gorillas might live?

5. Who is Ivan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ivan live?

2. What are me-balls?

3. What do Ivan and Stella have in common?

4. How did Stella come to live at the mall?

5. What does Ivan do when he is bored?

6. How does Ivan compare humans to chimps?

7. How does Ivan spend his days?

8. How does Ivan react when he sees another gorilla on his television?

9. How does Ivan's artwork differ from Julia's artwork?

10. Why does Bob refer to poodles as "parasites"?

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