View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following cities did Goodall visit in South Africa?
(a) Mangaung.
(b) Buffalo City.
(c) Durban.
(d) Johannesburg.

2. What was Jane's father's job?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A journalist.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A lawyer.

3. How did Goodall travel to Nairobi?
(a) By plane.
(b) By train.
(c) By car.
(d) By boat.

4. What kind of bird has Tinbergen examined?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Robins.

5. How did Goodall first travel to Africa?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By plane.
(d) By passenger liner.

6. What does Jane say she could always faintly smell in the manor house?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Oil lamps.

7. What did Lorenz find out about the relationship between male and female geese?
(a) They always hate each other.
(b) They kiss each other.
(c) They go through painful separations.
(d) They are faithful to each other.

8. What kind of dog was Peggy?
(a) A bull terrier.
(b) A pit bull.
(c) An alsation.
(d) A golden retriever.

9. What kind of animal did Danny Nutt love?
(a) Cats.
(b) Apes.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Geese.

10. In which city did Lorenz live in?
(a) Venice.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Munich.
(d) Stuttgart.

11. Why did Jane have no time to learn French?
(a) The family wanted to learn English.
(b) The war started.
(c) She had too much school work.
(d) She was invited to live in Africa.

12. What did Goodall like to collect in the area she lived in during the war?
(a) Stones and bones.
(b) Glass.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Flowers and shells.

13. Who is known as the father of ethology?
(a) Desmond Morris.
(b) Konrad Lorenz.
(c) Douglas Hume.
(d) David Attenborough.

14. Jane traveled to Africa on the liner named ______________.
(a) Nigeria Gold.
(b) Swasi-mound.
(c) Timbuktoo.
(d) Kenya Castle.

15. Which famous king once lived on the grounds of Jane's father's estate?
(a) Charles I.
(b) George III.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Edward II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jane find it so difficult to learn German?

2. What did Jane learn while in Germany?

3. Where did Rusty live?

4. What kind of dance did von Frisch say bees performed?

5. What does a dog do before it lies down in bed?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 385 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample