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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. How does Ivan describe gorillas?
(a) Patient as stones.
(b) Silly like ducks.
(c) Angry like elephants.
(d) Chatty like chimps.

2. Who is Bob?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) A dog.
(c) The janitor.
(d) An elephant.

3. What does Ivan throw at the spit-pebble children?
(a) A banana peel.
(b) A baseball.
(c) A wad of paper.
(d) A me-ball.

4. What does Bob like to watch on TV?
(a) Horror Movies and Reality shows.
(b) Professional bowling and cat-food commericials.
(c) Old Comedy Shows and Science Fiction movies.
(d) The Nature Channel and Sports.

5. What is a claw-stick?
(a) A brace to help an injured animal walk.
(b) A tool used by janitors to pick up trash.
(c) A toy sold at the circus.
(d) A pointed tool used to train elephants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Julia's drawings different from Ivan's drawings?

2. How long has Ivan lived at the mall?

3. Who is Mack?

4. Which famous artist's name does Mack call Ivan?

5. Which species does Ivan describe as "dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mack do with Ivan's paintings and drawings?

2. What does Ivan do when he is bored?

3. What does Ivan watch on TV?

4. What are me-balls?

5. How does Ivan compare humans to chimps?

6. Why does Bob refer to poodles as "parasites"?

7. Why do some visitors to the mall think Ivan is lonely?

8. Where does Ivan live?

9. Why do silverback gorillas pound their chests?

10. What does Stella mean when she tells Ivan, "Old age is a powerful disguise"?

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