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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 18, what creature do Sophie and Otto stumble across as they make their way to the river?
2. What do bonobos often do with each other to help ease tension and anxiety?
3. What is Sophie's plan to try to lose the rest of the bonobos as she and Otto press on with their journey?
4. In Chapter 17, what does Sophie anticipate will be her hardest challenge?
5. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie noticing the bonobos doing that is very much out of the ordinary?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 20, how does Sophie feel after she and Otto get off Wello's boat?
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 17, who helps Sophie get across the stream of people to where the U.N. has its headquarters?
4. In Chapter 17, what does Sophie's mother's letter to her say?
5. In Chapter 12, why does Sophie find herself falling towards the ground in the middle of the night?
6. In Chapter 14, what are some of the signs that the bonobos are stressed and tired?
7. In Chapter 14, what strikes Sophie about the way the rebels look compared to the way the bonobos in the sanctuary look?
8. Why does the first guard Sophie speaks to at the U.N. compound in Chapter 17 turn her away?
9. 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?
10. In Chapter 18, why does Sophie select Wello as a probable good choice to take her up the river?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how Sophie's relationship with Otto and her experiences trekking through the DRC during its time of violent upheaval changes the nature of her relationship with her mother, Florence.
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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