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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. Where did Hope live during her marriage?

2. Before beginning her job chronicling plant life, where do Hope and her husband vacation?

3. Who does Hope go with to check on all the pregnant female chimps?

4. Where do researchers eat dinner?

5. Who actually attacked the brutally beaten chimp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ian's theory about chimp groups? Who does not agree with this theory?

2. Why is Eugene considered a chimp expert?

3. How does John react when Hope confronts him about his behavior at the lake?

4. What is Hauser's work?

5. Hope agrees not to tell anyone her discoveries about the chimps for fear of being fired. What does she decide to do with the information?

6. Describe Hope's first alarming discovery about the chimps.

7. How does Hope meet John?

8. Describe Hope's thoughts on time, specifically civil and internal time.

9. Describe John's research work early in his marriage to Hope.

10. Explain who Hope's research team includes.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are four points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not? What is unique about the author's choice in the case of "Brazzaville Beach"?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character description of Mallabar. Was he a major character or minor one? Support your answer with specific evidence from the story and include definitions of major and minor character.

Essay Topic 3

What is a static character? What is a dynamic character? Identify two static characters and two dynamic characters from the story. Explain specifically what about each one makes it either static or dynamic.

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