Selection Test: From My Life with the Chimpanzees

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 behavior
• 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.

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

• A. It was captured.
• B. It made a loud cry.
• C. It can no longer be seen.
• D. It moved at a high speed.

According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what made "the Peak" one of Goodall's favorite 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

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

• A. keep a promise
• B. tell boring jokes
• C. give people orders
• D. act without thinking

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.

What makes Goodall's perspective in My Life With the Chimpanzees unique?

• A. Few humans keep a daily journal.
• B. Few humans are interested in African wildlife.
• C. Few humans would agree that chimpanzees are worth saving.
• D. Few humans have spent so much time in nature with chimpanzees.