My Life With the Chipanzees Practice 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 study chimpanzee behavior

• to work as a chimpanzee doctor

• to learn to make chimpanzee tools

Which of the following animals does Goodall encounter in the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees? Choose three options.

• horse

• buffalo

• leopard

• baboon

• hippopotamus

According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, 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.

If the leopard vanished into the forest, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of vanished.

• It was captured.

• It made a loud cry.

• It can no longer be seen.

• It moved at a high speed.

Which is the most likely meaning of miserable in the following sentence? Base your answer on the meaning of miserable.

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

• thirsty

• grateful

• talkative

• unhappy

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

• keep a promise

• tell boring jokes

• give people orders

• act without thinking

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?

• 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

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.

What makes Goodall’s perspective in My Life With the Chimpanzees 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 nature with chimpanzees.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

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

• bossy

• patient

• helpless

• generous