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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the strangers Sophie meets in the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The doctors who have come to do surgery on one of the bonobos.
(b) She does not know, but they are four men who look like rebels and are carrying guns.
(c) Her mother's cousins who have come to check on the sanctuary.
(d) Her father's friends who will stay at the sanctuary for a few nights passing through.

2. When Sophie wakes up in Chapter 9 from her first night in the jungle, what does she see?
(a) Her mother.
(b) At least 10 bonobos looking at her.
(c) The soldiers pointing their guns at her.
(d) Otto playing with Anastasia.

3. Why does Sophie have so much cash on her person in Chapter 1?
(a) Her mother had given her the week's grocery money.
(b) Her American friends had given her money to buy them interesting notebooks from the DRC.
(c) Her father had given her spending money before she left America.
(d) She had gone into town to buy new clothes.

4. Who is the chef at the sanctuary?
(a) Emile.
(b) Clement.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Patrice.

5. What does the term "white weapons" refer to?
(a) Weapons that kill silently like machetes, clubs, and knives.
(b) Weapons that were imported from majority-white countries.
(c) Weapons that were devised by white people.
(d) Weapons that are the color white.

6. In Chapter 8, how does Sophie know the kata-kata have discovered the electrified fence?
(a) She hears them trying to revive one of their own who has been knocked unconscious by it.
(b) She hears some zap sounds.
(c) She hears them warning each other about it.
(d) She smells their burning flesh.

7. What does the smuggler in Kinshasa have that interests Sophie in Chapter 1?
(a) A snake.
(b) A cat.
(c) A baby bonobo.
(d) A crate of her favorite fruit.

8. Which mama at the sanctuary is the kindest towards Sophie?
(a) Mama Firenze.
(b) Mama Roberta.
(c) Mama Evangline.
(d) Mama Brunelle.

9. In Chapter 6, how is Sophie planning to get to the airport safely?
(a) In an armored U.N. vehicle.
(b) She will take a taxi.
(c) Clement will drive her.
(d) She will ride her bike alone.

10. How old does Patrice estimate Otto might actually be?
(a) Almost 15.
(b) Almost 4.
(c) Almost 10.
(d) Almost 2.

11. About how many people live in Kinshasa?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 50 million.
(d) 500,000.

12. How old is Sophie?
(a) Nearly 8.
(b) Nearly 10.
(c) Nearly 12.
(d) Nearly 15.

13. In Chapter 8, what does Sophie think is one reason the adult bonobos had not attacked her?
(a) She had offered them food.
(b) She was a girl, and they trusted girls more than men.
(c) She had Otto with her.
(d) She smelled like soap.

14. Which bonobo does Sophie rescue in Chapter 10 from the rebels, who have captured it?
(a) Ikwa.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Songololo.
(d) Mushie.

15. How many parts is Sophie's mother's sanctuary divided into?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, why does Sophie jump out of the U.N. van?

2. In the wild, how long do bonobos spend with their mothers?

3. How does Sophie get in and out of the electrified fence in Chapter 10?

4. What does Sophie's mother tell her she must do in Chapter 2 in order to take care of the animal she bought from the smuggler on the first night?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Patrice tell all the sanctuary workers to do?

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