Chimp Quiz

According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?

• to join a chimpanzee family

• to work as a chimpanzee doctor

• to study chimpanzee behavior

• to learn to make chimpanzee tools

Which of the following animals does Goodall NOT encounter while studying the chimpanzees?

• buffalo

• horse

• leopard

• baboon

What made “the Peak” one of Goodall’s favorite places?

• The views from the Peak were excellent.

• The chimps that lived on the Peak were friendly.

• The trees on the Peak provided plenty of food.

• The silence on the Peak helped her think and write.

According to Goodall's observations, which statement about chimpanzees are NOT true?

• Chimpanzees enjoy the rain.

• Chimpanzees live in groups and communities.

• Chimpanzees use sounds and gestures to communicate.

• Chimpanzees give birth every 4-6 years and they stay with their mothers until age five or six.

Which word best describes the young Jane Goodall?

• bossy

• helpless

• patient

• generous

Which excerpt supports the idea that Jane Goodall is patient?

• After supper I would get out the little notebook in which I had scribbled everything I had seen while watching the chimps during the day. I would settle down to write it all legibly into my journal.

• During those months of gradual discovery, the chimps very slowly began to realize that I was not so frightening after all. Even so, it was almost a year before I could approach to within one hundred yards.

• Instead of writing the information in notebooks, I started to use a little tape recorder. Then I could keep my eyes on the chimps all the time. By the end of the day there was so much typing to be done that I found I couldn't do it all myself.

• I carried a little tin trunk up there. In it I kept a kettle, some sugar and coffee, and a tin mug. Then, when I got tired from a long trek to another valley, I could make a drink in the middle of the day. I kept a blanket up there, too, . . .

In the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, Goodall was happy to learn that a large male chimpanzee had visited her camp. Why was this event so important to Goodall?

• She had begun to feel afraid of the chimpanzees.

• It supported her theory that animals are like humans.

• She had grown weary of traveling back and forth to the Peak.

• It showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presence.

How did Mike become the dominate male chimpanzee of his community? What does this say about him?

• He banged two kerosene cans while charging a group of adult male chimpanzees which made a lot of noise and scared them into following him. He is smart.

• He demonstrated that he was smaller than the other chimps. He is vulnerable and needs to be protected.

• He challenged and beat Goliath in a fight. He was the biggest strongest chimp.

• He provided a lot of food and shelter to his community. He was caring.

What is an autobiography?

• a nonfiction narrative (true story) in which the author relates events from his or her life

• a fictional narrative in which the author creates a story based on his or her life

• a nonfiction narrative (true story) in which the author relates events from a famous person's life

• a fictional narrative in which the author creates a story based on someone else's life.

In "Gorillas and Chimps are Threatened by Human Disease" the author mentions that which of these precautions is being taken by many research groups to prevent spreading airborne diseases to primates?

• hazmat suits

• gloves

• ventilators

• face masks