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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rusty live?
(a) The woods.
(b) The bus shelter.
(c) A badger hole.
(d) A hotel.

2. Dr. Doolittle could talk to __________.
(a) Animals.
(b) Plants.
(c) Dead people.
(d) Angels.

3. Jane compares collecting eggs to _________.
(a) An Easter egg hunt.
(b) A fox hunt.
(c) Follow the leader.
(d) Simple Simon.

4. What was the name of the race horse Jane rode on when she was two?
(a) Painstaker.
(b) Hello Dandy.
(c) Desert Orchid.
(d) Red Rum.

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

6. In which city was Jane born?
(a) London.
(b) New Delhi.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hong Kong.

7. What does a dog do before it lies down in bed?
(a) Rolls on its back.
(b) Goes round in a circle.
(c) Whimpers three times.
(d) Barks once.

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

9. What kind of hunt does Jane say made her sick when she participated in it?
(a) A fox hunt.
(b) A badger hunt.
(c) A rat hunt.
(d) An egg hunt.

10. What subject did Louis Leakey study?
(a) History
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Anthroplogy.

11. What is the first thing baby geese learn?
(a) To eat.
(b) To flap their wings.
(c) To swim.
(d) To follow the first moving object.

12. What kind of geese is Lorenz most famous for working with?
(a) A longneck.
(b) A mongoose.
(c) A brownlag.
(d) A greylag.

13. What fictional character is Jane reminded of when she sees the Canary islands?
(a) Doctor Doolittle.
(b) Dr. Moreau.
(c) Tarzan.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

14. Where did many of the hens like to lay their eggs rather than the hen house?
(a) The bushes.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The woods.
(d) The long grass.

15. Which of the following subjects did Jane find difficult at school?
(a) Business.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) English.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jane need in order to get a major scholarship at Oxford?

2. What species of duck refused to follow Lorenz?

3. Why does Jane say she was lucky during her first voyage to Africa?

4. What does Jane watch the chicken doing?

5. How was Danny Nutt related to Jane?

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