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My Life With The Chimpanzees

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did they put there old ex-army tent?

a)

under some shady trees near the small fast flowing Kakombe Stream

b)

Under some trees

c)

Near the ocean with black sand

d)

In a forest

2.

Who was the cook?

a)

Pedro

b)

David Greybeard

c)

Adolf

d)

Dominic

3.

What had happened a little before Goodall got there

a)

A flood

b)

A tiger attack

c)

Grass fire

d)

Heat wave

4.

What were the first animal type Goodall came across?

a)

Chimpanzees

b)

Baboons

c)

Elephants

d)

Turkey Vulters

5.

What were the baboons alarm call?

a)

OO OO AA AA

b)

AAAAAAAAA

c)

WAA_HOO WAA_HOO

d)

EYEY EYEY

6.

What was the second animal Goodall came across

a)

Elephant

b)

Chimpanzee

c)

Red-gold Bushbuck

d)

Cobra

7.

How could Goodall tell the Red-gold Bushbuck was a female

a)

It had stripes

b)

It had rounded eyes

c)

It was a lighter fur tone

d)

It had no horns

8.

Where did Goodall plan to look for Chimps?

a)

A high ridges valley forest where it was dark and thick

b)

A jungle

c)

A forest where the Baboons and Vultures lived

d)

Out in the open

9.

Who did Goodall set off with to look for chimpanzees at the beginning of the text

a)

Dominic

b)

Flo

c)

Adolf

d)

David Greybeard

10.

Disappeared

(a)  

11.

after a week Goodall and Adolf found a very big tree full of tiny round red fruits, what were the fruits called?

a)

Huckleberry

b)

Rasperry

c)

Msulula

d)

Cherry

12.

True or false,

Adolf was lazy

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Who did Goodall replace with Adolf?

a)

Adolf

b)

David Greybeard

c)

Rashidi

d)

Jane

14.

Was Rahidi was better than Adolf?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

What did Rahidi help with?

a)

Cooking

b)

Cleaning

c)

Taking care of sick animals

d)

showing the trails through the forests, and the best ways to move from on valley to the next.

16.

Who had sharp eyes?

a)

Adolf

b)

Dominic

c)

Rashidi

17.

Where did Goodall most often go?

a)

Gombe

b)

Rain forest

c)

The peak

d)

Afica

18.

How much of chimps usually stayed together?

a)

four

b)

ten or seven

c)

six or less

d)

5 or 4

e)

32

19.

How were little groups made?

a)

By the father

b)

many groups joined together

c)

by the mother and her children

d)

by the leader chimpanzee

e)

two or three adult males by themselves

20.

North of the Kakombe Valley and two Valleys from the south had what names

a)

In The North

Kasakela,

Linda,

Rutanga

b)

In the North

Mkenke,

Nyasanga

c)

In the North

Timm,

Welguch,

Kelfde

d)

In the south

Mkenke,

Nyasanga

e)

In the south

Kasakela,

Linda,

Rutanga

21.

What do Chimps eat?

a)

CARROT

b)

Mouse meat

c)

Mostly fruits but also a good many kinds of leaves, blossoms, seeds, and stems, variety of insects, and sometimes hunt and kill prey animals to feed on meat.

d)

only insects

e)

Insects such as ants, bettles, horsefly, and grasshoppers also fruits such as cherrys, mango, and dragon fruit

22.

how long did it take for Goodall to approach within 100 yards of the chimps?

a)

2 months

b)

5 years

c)

1 year

d)

8 months

e)

3 weeks

23.

What animals got used to Goodall more quickly?

a)

Chimpanzees

b)

Baboons

24.

"There were blank kinds of monkeys in addition to Baboons, and many smaller animals such as squirrels, and mongoos." Fill in the blank.

(a)  

25.

In paragraph 18 what animals were mentioned?

a)

Buffalo, leopards, bush pigs, poisonous snakes

b)

Chimpanzees and Baboons

c)

Squirrles and mongoose

d)

noctunal creatures such as porcupines and civets

e)

all manners of of rats and mice

26.

What do many hunters fear the most

a)

Buffalo

b)

Lions

c)

Cheetas

27.

What is this?

a)

Baboon

b)

Howler monkey

c)

Chimpanzee

d)

Gorrila

28.

Leopards are not usually dangerous unless

a)

they are hungry

b)

they have been wounded

c)

they were tired

d)

They were mad

e)

they were happy

29.

What did Goodall see a leopard kill?

a)

A rat

b)

A bear

c)

A cevit

d)

a wolfhound

e)

A bush pig

30.

what did Goodall often watch at the from of the peak?

a)

How chimpanzees eat

b)

How Chimpanzees made their nests or beds

c)

The mother giving birth

d)

Baboons and how they mated

31.

What are the steps in order of how chimps make their beds.

a)

The chimps bent a branch down over some solid foundation, such as a fork or two parallel branches. Then holding it it place with their feet, He then bent the another over it. Then they folded the end of the first branch back over the second. And so on. They often ended up picking lots of small, soft, leafy twigs to make a pillow.

b)

They make it like how a bird makes her nest.

c)

The chimps take bark from a tree, then they chew it till its nice and soft. They then put it together until its stable. Then they get thick leafs and place it all over their beds. They then put bananna skin as their pillow.

32.

What did Goodall's mom do while she was watching the chimps?

a)

She watched Baboons

b)

She made shelter

c)

She set up a clinic

d)

She started a van dealership

e)

She worked at a zoo

33.

How many months did it take Goodall's mom to go back to England?

a)

8

b)

5

c)

4

d)

1

e)

2

34.

Dominic was...

a)

A cook

b)

A tourest

c)

A wonderful cook and great company. Though he was not very reliable.

d)

Goodall's dad

e)

A chimpanzee

35.

Because of Dominic's charater traits Louis Leakey...

a)

Took over

b)

Fired Dominic

c)

filed a complaint about Dominic

d)

Asked Hassan to come all the way from Lake Victoria to help with the boat and engine

36.

Who was the Chimp that first visted Goodall's tent?

(a)  

37.

What was Goodall's most exciting observation?

a)

First seeing the chimpanzees

b)

Seeing David Greybeard and the termite mound

c)

Seeing the Baboons and Chimpanzees become friends

d)

Seeing how Chimpanzees made nests

38.

What is the only other animal besides Humans who can make tools?

a)

Baboons

b)

Civets

c)

Gorillas

d)

Wolfhound

e)

Chimpanzees

39.

What would sometimes appear in Goodall's tent?

a)

baboons

b)

Scorpions

c)

giant poisonous centipedes

d)

snakes

e)

Bush pigs

40.

Extremely unhappy or uncomfortable

(a)  

41.

Easily annoyed or angered

(a)  

42.

In a frightening or alarming way

(a)  

43.

what happened in pharagraph 42-44

a)

Goodall got threatened by chimpanzees for them thinking Goodall was a dangerous animal

b)

Goodall got lost in the forest and could not find her way out so they sent out a search party to go find her

44.

What were other Chimps Goodall began to reconize?

a)

Little Tim

b)

William

c)

Old Flo

d)

Goliath

45.

Acting Suddenly with little thought

(a)  

46.

True or false

David Greybeard was a calm chimp who liked to keep out of trouble. But he was also very determined to get his own way.

a)

true

b)

False

47.

True or false

Goliath had a much more excitable impetuous temperament.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

True or false

William with his long shaped face was shy and timid

a)

True

b)

False

49.

True or false

Old Flo was easy to identify she had a bulbous nose and ragged ears

a)

True

b)

False

50.

True or false

female chimps can have more than one mate

a)

True

b)

False

51.

what company went to Gombe to film

a)

Disney

b)

Pixar

c)

National Geographic

d)

Marvel

52.

What was Goodall's husbands job?

a)

A CEO of Target

b)

A dutch baron

c)

zookeeper

d)

A vet

53.

Who did Goodall get married to?

a)

Adolf

b)

Pedro

c)

Hugo Van Lawick

d)

Monkey

54.

Why did Goodall leave Gombe for a while?

a)

Because she hated Chimpanzees

b)

She wanted a break from her studies

c)

She got super sick

d)

She left to go get married in England, and start her own studies at Cambridge University to get her PH.D degree

55.

who were all of Old Flo's Children?

a)

Fifi

b)

Figan

c)

Faben

d)

Little Flint

56.

Males are the only ones that can move communities without getting hurt

a)

True

b)

False

57.

 young Females are the only ones who can move communities without getting hurt

a)

True

b)

False

58.

What started as a camp for Goodall and her mom six years later turned into...

a)

A zoo

b)

A Chimpanzee petting zoo

c)

A research center

d)

A vet office

59.

What was the National park called

a)

Tanzania

b)

Africa

c)

Gombe

d)

Great Plains