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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?To study chimpanzee behaviorTo join a chimpanzee familyTo learn to make chimpanzee toolsTo work as a chimpanzee doctor
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following animals does Goodall encounter in the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees?HorseKangarooBaboonHippooptamus
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAccording 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 foodThe silence on the peak helped her think and writeThe chimps that lived on the peak were friendlyThe views from the Peak were excellent
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true?Chimpanzees enjoy the rainChimpanzees use sounds to communicateChimpanzees are eager to interact with humansChimpanzees have one mate for life
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what important discovery did Jane Goodall make during her early years at Gombe Park?Chimpanzees make and use toolsChimpanzees can learn to writeChimpanzees eat mostly fruits and nutsChimpanzees give each other names
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIf the leopard vanished into the forest, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of vanished.It made a loud cryIt was capturedIt can no longer be seenIt moved at a high speed
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich 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.ThirstyGratefulTalkativeUnhappy
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAn impetuous person is most likely to do which of the following?Tell boring jokesAct without thinkingKeep a promiseGive people orders
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which word best describes the young Jane Goodall?PatientBossyGenerousHelpless
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich passage from My Life With the Chimpanzees most clearly supports the answer to question 9?After supper I would get out the little notebook in which I had scribbled everything I has seen while watching the chimps during the day. I would settle down to write all legible into my journal...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 thee day. I kept a blanket up there, too...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.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.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceRead 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?She shows that the chimps had accepted herShe shows that her time among the chimps was a failureShe shows that chimps can be aggressive creatures.She shows that chimps have many human traits. - 12. Multiple ChoiceIn 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?It supported her theory that animals are like humansShe had grown weary of traveling back and forth to the PeakIt showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presenceShe had begun to feel afraid of the chimpanzees
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes Goodall's perspective in My Life With the Chimpanzees unique?Few humans are interested in African wildlifeFew humans keep a daily journalFew humans have spent so much time in nature with chimpanzeesFew humans would agree that chimpanzees are worth saving
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich characteristic does My Life With the Chimpanzees share with other memoirs?It is written from the first-person point of viewIt describes a variety of charactersIt is written from the third-person point of viewIt quotes from authoritative sources
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich quotation from My Life With the Chimpanzees best illustrates the answer to question 14?Dominic was a wonderful cook and great companyJuly 16, 1960, was a day I shall remember all my lifeFlo came very often to camp looking for bananasThen, in 1964, Mike took over. He did this by using his brain
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy is My Life With the Chimpanzees considered a memoir?It describes natureIt describes key moments in the author's lifeIt has more than one authorIt can be used in place of a science book
- 17. Multiple ChoiceGoodall had more than one purpose for writing My Life With the Chimpanzees. Which of the following best identifies those purposes?She wanted to express her feelings about chimpanzees and describe them in colorful termsShe wanted to explain how she became a scientist and persuade others to study chimpanzeesShe wanted to entertain readers with stories about chimpanzees and brag about her findingsShe wanted to share facts about chimpanzees and tell the story of how she learned those facts
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the meaning of the suffix -able?tending toasking forhoping forguilty of
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the best definition of the word excitable? Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -able.excited againexcited insideeasily excitednever excited
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence correctly uses a comma?In 1960, Jane Goodall first entered Gombe ParkIn 1960 Jane Goodall, first entered Gombe ParkIn 1960 Jane Goodall first entered, Gombe ParkIn 1960 Jane Goodall first entered Gombe, Park
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence correctly uses a dash?Jane saw that the camp had been disturbed - and all the bananas were gone!Jane saw - that the camp had been disturbed and all the bananas were gone!Jane saw that the camp - had been disturbed and all the bananas were gone!Jane saw that the camp had been - disturbed and all the bananas were gone!
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence correctly uses parentheses?Jane (got along quite well) though she did miss her motherJane got along quite well (though she did miss her mother)Jane (got along) quite well though she did miss her motherJane got along quite well though she did (miss her mother)
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