Review from My Life With the Chimpanzees

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?

• She had begun to feel afraid of the chimpanzees.

• It supported her theory that animals are like humans.

• She had grown weary of traveling back and forth to the Peak.

• It showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presence.

If the leopard vanished into the forest, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of vanished.

• It was captured.

• It made a loud cry.

• It can no longer be seen.

• It moved at a high speed.

Which sentence correctly uses a comma?

• In 1960, Jane Goodall first entered Gombe Park.

• In 1960 Jane Goodall, first entered Gombe Park.

• In 1960 Jane Goodall first entered, Gombe Park.

• In 1960 Jane Goodall first entered Gombe, Park.

Which characteristic does My Life With the Chimpanzees share with other memoirs?

• It describes a variety of characters.

• It quotes from authoritative sources.

• It is written from the first-person point of view.

• It is written from the third-person point of view.

Which 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!

Which sentence correctly uses parentheses?

• Jane (got along) quite well though she did miss her mother.

• Jane (got along quite well) though she did miss her mother.

• Jane got along quite well (though she did miss her mother).

• Jane got along quite well though she did (miss her mother).

An impetuous person is most likely to do which of the following?

• keep a promise

• tell boring jokes

• give people orders

• act without thinking

According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what important discovery did Jane Goodall make during her early years at Gombe Park?

• Chimpanzees can learn to write.

• Chimpanzees make and use tools.

• Chimpanzees give each other names.

• Chimpanzees eat mostly fruits and nuts.

According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?

• to join a chimpanzee family

• to study chimpanzee behavior

• to work as a chimpanzee doctor

• to learn to make chimpanzee tools

What is the meaning of the suffix -able?

• guilty of

• hoping for

• tending to

• asking for