Reading Comprehension: from My Life With the Chimpanzees

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

• A. to join a chimpanzee family
• B. to study chimpanzee behavior
• C. to work as a chimpanzee doctor
• D. to learn to make chimpanzee tools

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According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what important discovery did Jane Goodall make during her early years at Gombe Park?

• A. Chimpanzees can learn to write.
• B. Chimpanzees make and use tools.
• C. Chimpanzees give each other names.
• D. Chimpanzees eat mostly fruits and nuts.

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According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what made "the Peak" one of Goodall's favorite places?

• A. The views from the Peak were excellent
• B. The trees on the Peak provided plenty of food.
• C. The chimps that lived on the Peak were friendly.
• D. The silence on the Peak helped her think and write.

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According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which word best describes the young Jane Goodall?

• A. bossy
• B. patient
• C. helpless 
• D. generous

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Read this passage from My Life With the Chimpanzees.
Suddenly a chimp charged straight toward me. His hair bristled with rage. At the last minute he swerved and ran off. I stayed still. Two more chimps charged nearby. Then, suddenly, I realized I was alone again. All the chimps had gone.
What does Goodall achieve by including this passage in her memoir?

• A. She shows that chimps have many human traits.
• B. She shows that the chimps had accepted her.
• C. She shows that chimps can be aggressive creatures.
• D. She shows that her time among the chimps was a failure.

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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?

• A. She had begun to feel afraid of the chimpanzees.
• B. It supported her theory that animals are like humans.
• C. She had grown weary of traveling back and forth to the Peak.
• D. It showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presence.

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Which characteristic does My Life With the Chimpanzees share with other memoirs?

• A. It describes a variety of characters.
• B. It quotes from authoritative sources.
• C. It is written from the first-person point of view.
• D. It is written from the third-person point of view.

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Why is My Life With the Chimpanzees considered a memoir?
A. It describes nature.
B. It has more than one author.
C. It can be used in place of a science book.
D. It describes key moments in the author's life.

• A. It describes nature.
• B. It has more than one author.
•  C. It can be used in place of a science book.
• It describes key moments in the author's life.

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Why did Jane's mother go to Gombe?

• to study chimpanzees

• to set up a clinic and treat sick people

• to be with her daughter

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What type pf service does Jane's mother set up for the local people?

• a food camp

• a pharmacy to sell medicine

• a local clinic to help treat the sick people and provide medicine and treatment.

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