from My Life With the Chimpanzees

According to the text why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?

• to join a chimpanzee family

• to study chimpanzee behavior

• to work as a chimpanzee doctor

• to learn to make chimpanzee tools

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Which of the following animals does Goodall encounter in the text? Choose 3 correct options

• horse

• buffalo

• leopard

• kangaroo

• baboon

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According to the text what made "the Peak" one of Goodall's favorite places?

• The views from the Peak were excellent

• The trees on the Peak provided plenty of food

• The chimps that lived on the Peak were friendly

• The silence on the Peak helped her think and write

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According to the text which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true? Choose 3 correct options

• chimpanzees enjoy the rain

• chimpanzees use sounds to communicate

• chimpanzees are eager to interact with humans

• chimpanzees live in groups and communities

• chimpanzees sleep with their mothers until age five or six

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According to the text, what important discovery did Jane Goodall make during her early years at Gombe Park?

• chimpanzees can learn to write

• chimpanzees make and use tools

• chimpanzees give each other names

• chimpanzees eat mostly fruits and nuts

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According to the text, which word best describes the young Jane Goodall?

• bossy

• patient

• helpless

• generous

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Read this passage:

Suddenly a chimp charged straight towards 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?

• She shows that chimps have many human traits

• She shows that the chimp had accepted her

• She shows that chimps can be aggressive creatures

• She shows that her time among the chimps was a failure

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In the text, 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 chimpanzee

• It supported her theory that animals are like humans

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

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

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What makes Goodall's perspective in the text unique?

• Few humans keep a daily journal

• Few humans are interested in African wildlife

• Few humans would agree that chimpanzees are worth saving

• Few humans have spent so much time in nautre with chimpanzees

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Which characteristic does the text share with other memoirs?

• It describes a variety of characters

• It quotes from authoritative sources

• It is written from the first-person point of view

• It is written from the third-person point of view

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