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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tarzan make rope?
(a) He braids hemp.
(b) He cuts strips out of animal skins.
(c) He uses vines for rope.
(d) He twists long grasses together.

2. What do the people in the village leave Tarzan to try and appease him?
(a) Clothing and a knife.
(b) Food and arrows.
(c) Statues of god.
(d) Pottery and arrows.

3. What does the note that is slid under the Greystokes’ door say?
(a) Keep their door locked at all times.
(b) The mutiny is that night.
(c) Come to the ship’s boat at midnight with their belongings.
(d) Do not report the theft from his cabin.

4. In Chapter 14, what do the sailors do when Clayton goes into the jungle to look for the Professor?
(a) Go into the cabin.
(b) Sits on the beach waiting for Clayton to return.
(c) Leaves for the ship.
(d) Sit outside the cabin.

5. What is Greystoke told, secretly?
(a) That the crew will back up Lord Greystoke in any fight.
(b) That the ship is going in the wrong direction.
(c) That the captain intends to kill Lord Greystoke.
(d) That the crew is going to mutiny.

6. Why does Kala not know of the situation with Kerchak?
(a) She is asleep.
(b) She has been out foraging.
(c) She is deaf.
(d) She is not a member of the tribe.

7. What worries Kala about her white ape baby?
(a) He is too tall.
(b) He is slow and clumsy.
(c) He is too fat.
(d) He gets sunburned.

8. In Chapter 8, what pulls Tarzan from a tree when he ropes it?
(a) A chettah.
(b) A lion.
(c) A boar.
(d) An antelope.

9. In Chapter 14, how does Tarzan save Clayton’s life the first time?
(a) He kills a snake going for Clayton.
(b) He stops an elephant from accidentally trampling him.
(c) He scares away a lion.
(d) He kills a cheetah stalking Clayton.

10. How does Clayton and Tarzan save Jane and Esmeralda from a lioness?
(a) Tarzan kills the lion with his knife as Clayton pulls on its tail.
(b) Tarzan shoots the lion with an arrow and Clayton shoots it with a revolver.
(c) Tarzan and Clayton pulls it out of the cabin through a window and Tarzan breaks its neck.
(d) Tarzan and Clayton pulls it out of the cabin through a window and scares it away.

11. In Chapter 2, what does Black Michael tell the crew about the Greystokes?
(a) The Greystokes are his friends.
(b) He does not mention the Greystokes.
(c) Leave them in the cabin.
(d) Bring them to the deck.

12. What book does Tarzan find that interests him?
(a) A children’s book of the alphabet.
(b) A book of maps.
(c) A children’s encyclopedia.
(d) A diary of his father’s.

13. Why does Kerchak want to find a reason to fight Tarzan?
(a) He is jealous of Tarzan.
(b) He thinks Tarzan wants to be king.
(c) He wants Tarzan’s mate.
(d) He does not like white skin.

14. In Chapter 9, who does Tarzan ride?
(a) A lion.
(b) An elephant.
(c) No one.
(d) His mother’s back.

15. How does the narrator describe Lord Greystoke’s morals?
(a) The narrator does not mention Lord Greystoke’s morals.
(b) He has the best of morals.
(c) They are shoddy.
(d) He is amoral.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tarzan continue his lessons when his tribe is far from the cabin?

2. What happens when Kulonga’s body is found in Chapter 10

3. About how old is Kala?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Tarzan do before he leaves the cabin?

5. How do Clayton and Tarzan get to the cabin from the jungle in Chapter 15?

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