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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Sophie take from the abandoned village besides food that will help her on her journey?
(a) Anti-diarrhea medication.
(b) Clean water from the pump.
(c) Working IVs.
(d) Pain killers.

2. In Chapter 18, what does Sophie find on her and Otto after being submerged in water?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Worms.
(d) Ticks.

3. In Chapter 16, what does the old man at the school give to Sophie when she and Otto eventually leave?
(a) A knife and a length of rope.
(b) Meat and soda.
(c) Garlic-roasted manioc and bottles of well water.
(d) Money and a gun.

4. Why does Sophie think disgustedly that humans eating bonobos is nearly cannibilism?
(a) Because humans and bonobos share almost 99 percent of their DNA.
(b) Because bonobos often wear human clothes.
(c) Because bonobos have the exact same thoughts and feelings as humans do.
(d) Because bonobos are so attached to humans emotionally.

5. How does Sophie realize the electrified fence is off in Chapter 12?
(a) Mushie rolls into it by mistake.
(b) She bumps into it accidentally herself.
(c) She realizes she does not hear its familiar buzz any longer.
(d) Otto tries to swing on it.

6. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie noticing the bonobos doing that is very much out of the ordinary?
(a) Sharing their food with each other.
(b) Fighting with each other.
(c) Teasing each other.
(d) Following her as she makes her way onward to find her mother.

7. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie realize was the cause of her fall in the night?
(a) Hunters had shot at her.
(b) Birds had pecked away at her nest.
(c) Anastasia had knocked her out of the nest.
(d) Otto had played a game, tipping her out of the nest.

8. Why does Sophie hope the other bonobos do not follow her and Otto out of the enclosure in Chapter 14?
(a) She hopes they stay to greet her mother when her mother returns.
(b) She knows the kata-kata will notice if the bonobos are not in the sanctuary any longer.
(c) She knows the bonobos will only get sick if they leave the sanctuary.
(d) She knows she and Otto have a better chance of survival alone.

9. What do bonobos often do with each other to help ease tension and anxiety?
(a) Forage together.
(b) Eat together.
(c) Sleep together.
(d) Rub up against each other.

10. What does Hector tell Sophie he has especially for her in Chapter 17?
(a) A letter for her from Patrice.
(b) A letter for her from her mother.
(c) A letter for her from Mama Evangeline.
(d) A letter for her from her father.

11. In Chapter 19, what does Wello tell Sophie he hated to do in Kinshasa?
(a) Kill a bonobo.
(b) Sell his fish to the rebels.
(c) Buy provisions from the rebels.
(d) Leave his family.

12. In Chapter 18, what does the man who Sophie asks to take her up the Congo River ask her for as payment?
(a) Water.
(b) Gold.
(c) Otto.
(d) Food.

13. In Chapter 15, why does Sophie think Mushie does not build her a nest?
(a) Because Mushie is angry at Sophie.
(b) Because Anastasia told Mushie not to build Sophie a nest.
(c) Because they are all confused and thrown by the chaos of the escape.
(d) Because Mushie is lost in the jungle somewhere.

14. During her second week in the enclosure, what does Sophie start to eat?
(a) Giant green gourds that ripen and fall.
(b) Tree bark.
(c) Caterpillars.
(d) Ants.

15. In Chapter 17, what do the people in the crowd take from Sophie?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her clean water.
(c) Her duffel bag.
(d) Her motorbike and Otto.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why do some of the bonobos gravitate towards Sophie in the rain?

2. In Chapter 18, what does Sophie end up giving the man who takes her on his boat in lieu of payment, temporarily?

3. In Chapter 12, who makes a sleeping nest of branches and leaves for Sophie?

4. In Chapter 18, where is Sophie headed after leaving the U.N. outpost near the capital?

5. What do Wello and Sophie always eat for breakfast and lunch on the boat?

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