All About Chimps

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 behaviour

• C. to work as a chimpanzee doctor

• D. to learn to make chimpanzee tools

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.

According to the excerpt from My Life with the Chimpanzees, what made "the Peak" one of Goodall's favourite 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.

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.

• A. thirsty
• B. grateful
• c. friendly
• D.  unhappy

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

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.

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.

Goodall had more than one purpose for writing My Life With the Chimpanzees. Which of the following best identifies those purposes?

• A. She wanted to express her feelings about chimpanzees and describe them in colorful terms.
• B. She wanted to share facts about chimpanzees and tell the story of how she learned those facts.
• C. She wanted to entertain readers with stories about chimpanzees and brag about her findings.
• D. She wanted to explain how she became a scientist and persuade others to study chimpanzees.

Which of the following is the best definition of the word excitable? Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -able.

• A. easily excited
• B. excited again
• C. never excited
• D. excited inside

Which sentence correctly uses a comma?

• A. In 1960, Jane Goodall first entered Gombe Park.
• B. In 1960 Jane Goodall, first entered Gombe Park.
• C. In 1960 Jane Goodall first entered, Gombe Park.
• D. In 1960 Jane Goodall first entered Gombe, Park.