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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. Who is the chef at the sanctuary?
2. In Chapter 6, what is one of Otto's favorite games?
3. What board game does Sophie "play" with Otto?
4. What is Sophie's father's ethnic background?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, why does the man who sold Otto to Sophie come to the sanctuary?
2. In Chapter 7, what does Sophie do after she jumps out of the U.N. transport van?
3. In Chapter 6, why is the bonobo Pweto quarantined from the other animals?
4. In Chapter 2, how does Sophie describe her mother?
5. In Chapter 1, why are the roads in Kinshasa always so crowded?
6. In Chapter 4, what does Sophie's mother tell her about the only way to get baby bonobos in the wild, and why does she tell her this?
7. In Chapter 5, what does Sophie say about her parents' marriage and why it fell apart?
8. Why does Songololo look to Sophie for refuge sometimes?
9. Why do the U.N. staff refuse to let Sophie take Otto with her on her flight out of the Congo?
10. In Chapter 6, how does Sophie feel about the fact that she is set to be rescued from the chaos because she is an American citizen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sophie describes feeling as if the bonobos - including Pweto and Otto - had saved her life during the chaos and violence. Write an essay exploring how the bonobos protected Sophie during the unrest.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how Sophie's ability and choice to speak about her experiences in the Congo during the war evolve over the course of her young adulthood in Chapter 27. Why does it seem as if Sophie finds it increasingly difficult to speak of these experiences? Cite specific references to the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What kinds of sacrifices and choices does Sophie describe her mother Florence as making in the service of running the bonobo sanctuary? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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