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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. In Chapter 16, what does the old man at the school ask Sophie to do to help them?

2. Which of the following is included in the U.N. ration packet Sophie took?

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

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

5. In Chapter 16, what does the sign say that Sophie sees outside of the old colonial house she comes across?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what is it that alerts the rebels to Sohie's and the bonobos' escape?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 18, why does Sophie select Wello as a probable good choice to take her up the river?

4. In Chapter 20, how does Sophie feel after she and Otto get off Wello's boat?

5. In Chapter 14, why does Sophie's plan of escaping from the sanctuary enclosure with just Otto not work?

6. In Chapter 17, who helps Sophie get across the stream of people to where the U.N. has its headquarters?

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 13, what does Sophie think about the significance of the fact that in Lingala, the word for animal is the plural form of the word for meat?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the tension and interactions between Sophie and the "queen" ape, Anastasia. What do Sophie and Anastasia have in common? What are their biggest differences?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 17, Sophie witnesses the desperate scene at the airport of throngs of people hoping to get out the country. She finally wavers and considers leaving Otto to evacuate without him, but she witnesses something at the U.N. headquarters that changes her mind completely. Write an essay analyzing Sophie's decision not to evacuate and identifying the reasons for her changing her mind.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Sophie's decision, and the factors that contribute to her decision, to ask Wello to take her up the Congo River to get closer to her mother in Chapter 18.

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