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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. What question does Hector, the U.N. guard, ask Sophie twice in Chapter 17?

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

3. What is the title of Part IV of the book?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what strikes Sophie about the way the rebels look compared to the way the bonobos in the sanctuary look?

2. In Chapter 17, what changes Sophie's mind about leaving Otto in the Congo and taking a U.N. transport to the U.S.?

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 15, why does Sophie decide she must leave all the bonobos in the jungle besides Otto as she goes off to find her mother?

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

9. In Chapter 18, how does Sophie plan to try to reach her mother?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Sophie decides to stay with her mother to help her rebuild the sanctuary rather than return to the United States to finish high school and live with her father. Write an essay analyzing Sophie's decision and explain what her choice reveals about her changing relationship with her mother and her attachment to Otto.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the connection and bonds between Sophie and Otto, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Sophie's reaction to seeing her friends and her mother's staff brutally killed by rebel forces at the sanctuary. How does she process this trauma as a young girl?

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