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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 do elephants have that nothing else has?
(a) Memories.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Wrinkles.
(d) Baby elephants.

2. How can you tell that an elephant has been in the refrigerator?
(a) The light is on.
(b) It won't close.
(c) The milk is gone.
(d) By the footprints in the butter.

3. Why does Mack bring Ivan buckets of paint?
(a) Mack wants to help Ruby.
(b) Ivan is teaching Ruby to paint.
(c) Mack wants Ivan to paint his cage.
(d) Ivan's last painting sold for forty dollars.

4. How does Stella know a baby elephant is coming to the mall?
(a) She hears crying.
(b) She overhears Mack talking to George.
(c) She sees a large box.
(d) She sees a large truck.

5. How did Ivan break the blender?
(a) He squeezed toothpaste and glue into it.
(b) He dropped it in the bathtub.
(c) He put mud inside it.
(d) He threw it across the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Helen?

2. After she escapes the water hole, who helps Ruby find her family?

3. What title does Bob insist Ivan accept?

4. Who helps Ruby get out of the water hole?

5. What do gorillas use to make nests?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the animals know that a new animal is arriving at the mall?

2. Why does George place his job in danger in order to help Ivan?

3. What is the story of Jambo?

4. Why does Mack buy Ruby?

5. Why does Ivan draw?

6. According to Ivan, how are young gorillas and young humans alike?

7. What does Stella mean when she says, "Humans can surprise you sometimes"?

8. Why was Ivan able to survive the transition from the jungle to a human habitat while his sister died?

9. Why does Mack delay in calling a vet for Stella?

10. How is Bob affected by Ruby's story of being saved by humans?

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