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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Leakey and Goodall hunting for in this section?
(a) Chimps.
(b) Bones.
(c) Fossils.
(d) Artifacts.

2. Whom does Jane say her mother is about to call?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) The police.
(d) The fire brigade.

3. What did Jane get a job doing during the holidays?
(a) Collecting duck eggs.
(b) Working in the stable.
(c) Working on a chicken farm.
(d) Working in a cowshed.

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

5. What was Tanzania called before it became Tanzania?
(a) Sanskrit.
(b) Tikolo.
(c) Swasiland.
(d) Tanganyika.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fictional doctor did Jane loving reading about as a child?

2. What was Jane's father's job?

3. What insects was Karl von Frisch fascinated by?

4. What does an ethologist study?

5. Who is known as the father of ethology?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way was Leakey responsible for starting Jane's obsession with chimpanzees?

2. What did Jane think of school?

3. Describe Goodall's time at Oxford.

4. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

5. What did Jane do on her return to London?

6. What did Jane learn about Germans when she went to visit the country?

7. How did the area Jane grew up in develop her love for animals?

8. How does the author define the word animal?

9. What did Jane and her mother do while waiting for permission to observe the chimp in Gombe Park?

10. What did Rusty teach Jane about animals?

(see the answer keys)

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