Jane Goodall's Work Passage

Read the sentence from paragraph 4. Around this time, the scientist W.N. Kellogg and his wife proposed the idea to raise a baby chimp alongside their own toddler, Donald. Think about the prefix pro-. What is the meaning of proposed above?

• agreed to a plan

• compared different plans

• created a plan before deciding

• planned something after an event

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A What caused Robert Yerkes to send Henry Nissen to Africa?

• Nissen had a skilled team.

• Nissen had hunting experience.

• Yerkes wanted to bring chimpanzees to his laboratory for research.

• Yerkes failed at studying chimpanzees outside of their natural home.

Part B Which sentence from the article best supports the correct answer to Part A?

• In the meantime, the author of the Tarzan books used his imagination to fill in the missing details. (paragraph 2)

• In this “reverse Tarzan” experiment, Gua and Donald were supposed to grow up together. (paragraph 4)

• Yerkes decided that a city wasn't the best place to study chimpanzee behavior. (paragraph 6)

• So Nissen relied instead on approaches used by hunters to track game. (paragraph 6)

Read the sentence from paragraph 6. He tried to camouflage himself in a tent that was the color of the leaves, but the chimps spotted him and scampered off. What is the meaning of camouflage as it is used above?

• look for a comfortable place to rest

• build a new shelter somewhere

• run away from something dangerous

• hide by looking like the surrounding area

Read the sentence from paragraph 8. The mountainous terrain could be very hot or bitterly cold with torrential downpours of rain in between. Which two words describe torrential as it is used above?

• warm

• heavy

• rocky

• bumpy

• powerful

What effect did sitting in the tree she named “Beech” have on Jane Goodall as an adult?

• She started to study books.

• She started to appreciate insects.

• She was able to wait patiently outdoors.

• She was able to name other kinds of trees.

According to the article, what did Leakey’s decision to send Goodall to Gombe National Park lead to?

• better understanding of chimpanzees

• easier ways to find chimpanzees

• greater concern for the safety of chimpanzees

• more questions about chimpanzees