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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 is one reason that Sophie trusts the old man she asks to take her and Otto up the Congo River on his boat?
(a) He has other young girls on the boat and they look relaxed.
(b) He has his son with him.
(c) He is singing a song she knows from childhood.
(d) He has a lot of food on the boat.

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

3. In Chapter 16, what is the popular phrase for "word on the street?"
(a) What they say.
(b) Grapevine.
(c) Vox pop.
(d) Sidewalk radio.

4. In Chapter 16, what are the old man's parting words for Sophie regarding Otto?
(a) Protect him always.
(b) Sell him for food.
(c) You will have to give him up one way or another.
(d) People first.

5. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from a hunter?
(a) Pweto.
(b) Sophie's mother.
(c) Patrice.
(d) Clement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie realize was the cause of her fall in the night?

2. What does Hector tell Sophie the U.N. did with the two young bonobos that were left there?

3. Which country does Hector tell Sophie is the biggest exporter of coltan, diamonds, and gold?

4. What kind of animals does Sophie remind herself that bonobos are in Chapter 14?

5. Why does Sophie hope the other bonobos do not follow her and Otto out of the enclosure in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Sophie's mother's letter to her say?

2. In Chapter 21, what does Sophie decide is her and Otto's best chance for survival after Otto is caught in a trapper's snare?

3. Why does the first guard Sophie speaks to at the U.N. compound in Chapter 17 turn her away?

4. In Chapter 17, why does Sophie surmise some of the people crowding the airport are dressed in fine clothes even though they are fleeing violence?

5. In Chapter 14, what are some of the signs that the bonobos are stressed and tired?

6. What does Sophie say is the advantage of the fear she feels in Chapter 17?

7. What does the old man at the school and AIDS clinic tell Sophie about how the rebels select boys to fill out their ranks?

8. In Chapter 15, who saves Sophie and the bonobos from the hunter, and how do the bonobos react to the savior afterwards?

9. In Chapter 12, what does Sophie watch the bonobos do and attempt to mimic to try to stay dry when it rains?

10. In Chapter 12, why does Sophie find herself falling towards the ground in the middle of the night?

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