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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 Goodall say she spends four months of the year watching chimps?

2. Jane found that people learned the most about chimps in __________.

3. Where does Goodall first go to observe the chimps everyday?

4. In what way is Derek disabled?

5. What kind of animal did Hugo and Goodall discover in their camp when they arrived back one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Goodall currently live her life?

2. What did Goodall discover about the chimps by observing from the peak?

3. What traumatic experience did Goodall and her students go through in 1975?

4. What does Goodall say about alpha males in this section?

5. Describe Jane's routine after the first few months?

6. How does have little money affect the expedition?

7. How did Goodall cope with studying animals while raising a child?

8. What is Chimpanzoo?

9. Describe Goodall's new husband Derek Bryceson?

10. What does Goodall say she finds interesting about hyenas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do chimps live together? In what ways are their behaviors similar to those of humans? Can Jane's research into chimp behavior be beneficial for humans and how we live our own lives?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

How did World War II affect Jane and her family? What does Jane's being sent to Germany by her mother after the war say about Jane's upbringing?

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