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Jane Goodall - Savvas

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Where did Goodall first watch the chimps from?

a)

the Peak

b)

the Ridge

c)

the Outskirts

d)

the River

3.

What important discovery did Goodall make while she was at Gombe?

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

4.

Which piece of evidence best proves that Jane Goodall was very patient?

a)

During those months of gradual discovery, the chimps very slowly began to realize that I was not so frightening after all. Even so, it was almost a year before I could approach to within one hundred yards.

b)

I carried a little tin trunk up there. In it I kept a kettle, some sugar and coffee, and a tin mug. Then, when I got tired from a long trek to another valley, I could make a drink in the middle of the day. I kept a blanket up there, too….

c)

After supper I would get out the little notebook in which I had scribbled everything I had seen while watching the chimps during the day. I would settle down to write it all legibly into my journal….

d)

Instead of writing the information in notebooks, I started to use a little tape recorder. Then I could keep my eyes on the chimps all the time. By the end of the day there was so much typing to be done that I found I couldn’t do it all myself.

5.

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.

6.

Which of the following animals did NOT appear in this Memoir excerpt?

a)

Baboon

b)

Leopard

c)

Kangaroo

d)

Antelope

7.

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.

8.

Which of the following sentences uses the FIRST RULE OF COMMAS correctly?

a)

My mom made me pancakes and waffles this morning, which was awesome.

b)

My mom made me pancakes, eggs, and bacon this morning.

c)

My mom made me, breakfast this morning.

d)

My mom, made me, breakfast this, morning.

9.

What is F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.?

a)

an acronym for coordinating conjunctions

b)

a really big fan

c)

The next big boy band

d)

an acronym for interacting conjunctions

10.

Which of the following is an independent clause?

a)

Kyle loves petting his cat.

b)

As Kyle went to the store.

c)

When Kyle tried soup.

d)

Kyle thought about.

11.

Which of the following is a dependent clause?

a)

Kyle has thirteen cats.

b)

Kyle has very few friends.

c)

Poor Kyle.

d)

How can Kyle make more friends?

12.

What was the name of Goodall's first Park Ranger? (Hint: He was lazy)

a)

Gerald

b)

Adolf

c)

Brian

d)

Luke

13.

Which of the following sentences uses the SECOND RULE OF COMMAS correctly?

a)

You can either take the garbage out, or you can do the dishes.

b)

I want to see that movie, but I think it would be too scary for me.

c)

I want to save money so I can go on a big trip.

d)

You can chose to run away, or fight.

14.

Why did Jane Goodall have to leave Gombe National Park?

a)

She was so tired of the chimpanzees

b)

She went back to Cambridge to get her PhD

c)

She had a baby

d)

She really missed the taste of pizza

15.

What was the name of the first chimpanzee Goodall studied?

a)

Michael Mustache

b)

Daniel Tiger

c)

David Greybeard

d)

Mr. Chimp