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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. Where does Jane Goddall study chimpanzees?

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

3. What is the scientific name for the skull Leakey and his wife found?

4. Which of the following birds did Jane see at the Oxford river?

5. What was the name of the red brick house Jane lived in with Danny, her mother, and Judy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Jane decide to travel to Africa?

4. Why does Jane know no languages other than English?

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

6. How did Goodall set up her camp in Gombe?

7. Why couldn't Jane go to Gombe National Park immediately?

8. Why did Goodall decide against collecting animals as pets?

9. What does Goodall say was the process of getting to learn so much about chimps?

10. What did Jane think of school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What regrets does Jane have about life? What pleases Jane about how she lived her life? What can you learn about life from reading Goodall's biography?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the animals in the book and examine the myths that surround that animal in popular culture. How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between the African and Western cultures? In what ways have the two cultures influenced each other?

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