My Life With the Chimpanzees

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 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 excerpt ? Choose three.

• horse

• buffalo

• leopard

• baboon

• kangaroo

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According to the excerpt, 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 excerpt, which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true? Choose three.

• Chimpanzees enjoy the rain.

• Chimpanzees use sounds to communicate.

• Chimpanzees live in groups and communities.

• Chimpanzees are eager to interact with humans.

• Chimpanzees sleep with their mothers until age five or six.

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

• Chimpanzees can learn to write.

• Chimpanzees can make and use tools.

• Chimpanzees give each other names.

• Chimpanzees mostly eat fruits and nuts.

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If the leopard vanished into the forest, which of the following must be true?

• It was captured.

• It made a loud cry.

• It can no longer be seen

• It moved at a high speed.

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Which is most likely the meaning of miserable in the sentence?

Wearing wet shoes and soggy socks on a ling hike can make a person miserable.

• thirsty

• grateful

• talkative

• unhappy

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An impetuous person is most likely to do which of the following?

• keep a promise

• tell boring jokes

• give people orders

• act without thinking

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In the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why does Goodall choose to include details about almost being attacked by chimpanzees?

• She shows that chimps have many human traits

• She shows that the chimps 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 excerpt, Goodall was happy to learn that a large male chimpanzee had visited her camp. Why was this event important?

• 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.

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