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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country does Hector tell Sophie is the biggest exporter of coltan, diamonds, and gold?
(a) The DRC.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Malawi.
(d) South Africa.

2. In Chapter 16, what does the sign say that Sophie sees outside of the old colonial house she comes across?
(a) Toxic!
(b) Help.
(c) Quarantine.
(d) SIDA.

3. 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) Food.
(d) Otto.

4. In Chapter 14, why does Songololo shriek so joyfully as she escapes with Sophie and Otto?
(a) She sees her mother Anastasia following them.
(b) She sees her sister Banalia following them.
(c) She sees her partner Mushie following them.
(d) She sees all the food in front of them, and she is starving.

5. In Chapter 16, what is one thing that is strange about the rebels Sophie sees passing by in vehicles?
(a) Some of the men are wearing evening gowns.
(b) The men do not have weapons at all.
(c) The men are eating American food.
(d) The men are all speaking different languages.

6. Why does Sophie think people at the airport have dressed in fine clothes?
(a) She thinks they think it will convince the U.N. soldiers they are well-educated.
(b) She thinks they must have thought it would increase their chances of getting on a plane.
(c) She thinks they anticipate being at the palace.
(d) She thinks they had nowhere else to store their clothes.

7. In Chapter 16, what does Otto start doing to the boys at the school that the boys think is funny?
(a) Grooming them.
(b) Pulling on their toes.
(c) Feeding them.
(d) Playing tricks on them.

8. What does the second U.N. guard tell Sophie in Chapter 17?
(a) If she can pay them, they can help her.
(b) They can probably work something out to help her.
(c) They can help her as long as she has her own food and water.
(d) They can help her because her father is a very rich and persistent man.

9. What does the first U.N. guard tell Sophie when she finally reaches the U.N. station in Chapter 17?
(a) They can not help anyone until the Refugee Commission gets there.
(b) They can not help her because she is not Congolese.
(c) They can not help her because she is white.
(d) She missed her once chance to get out weeks earlier, and now she will never be able to leave.

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

11. In Chapter 18, what does Sophie end up giving the man who takes her on his boat in lieu of payment, temporarily?
(a) A pound of manioc.
(b) A silver necklace from her father.
(c) American dollars.
(d) A golden egg.

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

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

14. Who is the oldest bonobo?
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Ikwa.
(c) Mushie.
(d) Songololo.

15. What is the man's name who takes Sophie up the Congo River on his boat?
(a) Mandolo.
(b) Frederico.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Wello.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sophie goes looking for the two young bonobos, what does she find?

2. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from a hunter?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Otto develop that worries Sophie?

4. What does Sophie feel accompanies her fear as she rides on the motorbike with Otto in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 15, why does Sophie think Mushie does not build her a nest?

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