from My Life With the Chimpanzees 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

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

• buffalo

• leopard

• baboon

• kangaroo

• horse

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According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, 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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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 being accepted by the chimps meant overcoming their hostility.

• She shows that her time among the chimps was a failure because they never really accepted her.

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According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true? Choose three options.

• Chimpanzees have one mate for life.

• Chimpanzees enjoy the rain.

• Chimpanzees use sounds to communicate.

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

• Chimpanzees live in groups and communities.

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

• The leopard is still visible in the forest.

• The leopard is not visible in the forest.

• The leopard has changed its color.

• The leopard has fallen asleep.

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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

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

• bossy

• patient

• helpless

• generous

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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?

• 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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