View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fossey fights to save two of the babies from being taken to which zoo?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Kensington.
(c) Cologne.
(d) San Diego.

2. Fossey compared the gorilla to a ____.
(a) Panda.
(b) Crow.
(c) Koala.
(d) Serpent.

3. What is the name of the first baby born since Fossey's arrival?
(a) Corey.
(b) Curry.
(c) Cubby.
(d) Cody.

4. How many adult silverback males are in this group?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

5. Beethoven would punish Tuck and Pablo for which of the following offenses?
(a) Wandering off.
(b) Horsing around.
(c) Stealing food.
(d) Waking him up.

6. What is the name of the couple the woman wants to meet?
(a) Lindsey.
(b) Larson.
(c) Lacey.
(d) Leakey.

7. Which group is not tracked from Fossey's second campsite?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

8. Which is not one of the names given to the gorillas?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Brahms
(d) Curry.

9. What disease killed Quince?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Influenza.

10. Fossey sustains injury to which part of her body at the site?
(a) Neck.
(b) Back.
(c) Arm.
(d) Ankle.

11. To which group did these gorillas belong?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

12. What was the name of Fossey's hen?
(a) Alice.
(b) Trixie.
(c) Ethel.
(d) Lucy.

13. What item of interest did Fossey want to see?
(a) River.
(b) Stadium.
(c) Fossil.
(d) Lama.

14. What type of tree was it?
(a) Beechwood.
(b) Candelabra.
(c) Wattle.
(d) Hagenia.

15. What adjective is used to describe the young gorilla's nature?
(a) Playful.
(b) Boisterous.
(c) Flamboyant.
(d) Ornery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks later does Fossey go into a gorilla-inhabited territory?

2. What was the name of the rooster?

3. Which gorilla groups are tracked from Fossey's first campsite?

4. What is the name of the young highly curious gorilla?

5. Fossey stumbled through the woods. To gain her footing, Fossey grabbed into what she thought was a vine. It was not a vine; it was a ______.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample