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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 does the second U.N. guard tell Sophie in Chapter 17?
2. What is the title of Part IV of the book?
3. What do bonobos often do with each other to help ease tension and anxiety?
4. In Chapter 16, what does the old man at the school ask Sophie to do to help them?
5. In Chapter 12, who makes a sleeping nest of branches and leaves for Sophie?
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. What does the old man at the school and AIDS clinic tell Sophie about how the rebels select boys to fill out their ranks?
3. In Chapter 14, what is it that alerts the rebels to Sohie's and the bonobos' escape?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 12, why does Sophie find herself falling towards the ground in the middle of the night?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. Why does the first guard Sophie speaks to at the U.N. compound in Chapter 17 turn her away?
9. In Chapter 18, why does Sophie select Wello as a probable good choice to take her up the river?
10. In Chapter 17, who helps Sophie get across the stream of people to where the U.N. has its headquarters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
In Chapters 15 and 16, Sophie realizes the bonobos are acting differently than usual because they have experienced such upheaval as a result of the violence and turmoil around them. Write an essay analyzing her choice to drug all the bonobos except for Otto so he and she can move on without the others.
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