from My Life With the Chimpanzees
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- Q1
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?
to study chimpanzee behavior
to join a chimpanzee family
to learn to make chimpanzee tools
to work as a chimpanzee doctor
120s - Q2
Which of the following animals does Goodall encounter?
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According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what made "the Peak" one of Goodall's favorite places?
the trees on the Peak provided plenty of food
the views from the Peak were excellent
the chimps that lived on the Peak were friendly
the silence on the Peak helped her think and write
120s - Q4
According to the excerpt, which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true?
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What is the best meaning of vanished based on information in the text?
captured
a loud cry
no longer seen
high speed
120s - Q6
Which is the most likely meaning of miserable in the following sentence?
Wearing wet shoes and soggy socks on along hike can make a person miserable.
thirsty
talkative
unhappy
grateful
120s - Q7
An impetuous person is most likely to do which of the following?
tell boring jokes
keep a promise
give people orders
act without thinking
120s - Q8
Which word best describes the young Jane Goodall?
patient
generous
helpless
bossy
120s - Q9
Which passage most clearly supports the answer to #8?
After supper I would get out a little notebook in which I had scribbled everything I had seen while watching the chimps during the day.
I carried a little tin trunk up there.
Instead of writing the information in notebooks, I started to use a little tape recorder.
During those months of gradual discovery, the chimps very slowly began to realize that I was not so frightening after all.
120s - Q10
Suddenly a chimp charged straight toward me. His hair was bristled with rage. At the last minute he swerved and ran off. Two more chimps charged nearby. Then, suddenly, I realized I was alone again.
What does Goodall achieve by including this in her memoir?
She shows that her time among the chimps was a failure because they never really accepted her.
She shows that the chimps had accepted her.
She shows that being accepted by the chimps meant overcoming their hostility.
She shows that chimps have many human traits.
120s - Q11
Goodall was happy to learn that a large male chimpanzee had visited her camp. Why was this event so important to Goodall?
She had begun to feel afraid of the chimps.
She had grown weary of traveling back and forth to the Peak.
It supported her theory that animals are like humans.
It showed that the chimpanzees had begin to accept her presence.
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