Comprehension
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?
to study chimpanzee behavior
What makes Goodall's perspective in My Life with the Chimpanzees unique?
Few humans have spent so much time in nature with chimpanzees.
Vanished
diappeared
What is the meaning of the suffix -able?
1. guilty of 2. hoping for 3. tending to 4. asking for
3. tending to
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what made “the Peak” one of Goodall’s favorite places?
The views from the Peak were excellent.
At first, how did the chimpanzees react to Goodall?
The chimpanzees run away at first whenever Goodall and her team get close to them.
Miserable
extremely unhappy or uncomfortable
Which of the following is the best definition of the word excitable? Base your answer on your knowledge of the suffix -able.
1. easily excited 2. excite again 3. never excited or 4. excited inside
1.easily excited
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 make and use tools.
In the excerpt from My Life with the Chimpanzees, Goodall was happy to learn that a large male chimpanzee had visited her amp. Why was this event so important to Goosall?
It showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presence.
Irritable
easily annoyed or angered
Which sentence correctly uses a comma?
1. In 1960, Jane Goodall first entered the Gombe Park. 2. In 1960 Jane Goodall, first entered the Gombe Park.
3. In 1960 Jane Goodall first entered, the Gombe Park.
4.In 1960, Jane Goodall first entered the Gombe, Park.
1. In 1960, Jane Goodall first entered Gombe Park.
What animal does Goodall encounter in the excerpt from My Life with the Chimpanzees?
Why does Goodall leave Gombe?
To continues her studies and attend Cambridge University to get her PH.D .
Threateningly
in frightening or alarming way
Which sentence correctly uses a dash?
1. Jane saw - that the camp had been disturbed and all the bananas were gone!
2. Jane saw that the camp - had been disturbed and all the bananas were gone!
3. Jane saw that the camp had been - disturbed and all the bananas were gone!
4. Jane saw that the camp had been disturbed - and all the bananas were gone!
4. Jane saw that the camp had been disturbed—and all the bananas were gone!
Why is My Life with the Chimpanzees considered a memoir?
It describes key moments in the author's life.
How does Goodall's camp become a research center?
More and more chimpanzees come to the camp and Dr. Goodall needs assistants. Students work as assistants and collect information for their degrees.
Impetuous
acting suddenly with little thougt
Which sentence correctly uses parentheses?
1. Jane (got along) quite well though she did miss her mother.
2. Jane (got along quite well) though she did miss her mother.
3. Jane got along quite well (though she did miss her mother).
4. Jane got along quite well though she did (miss her mother).
3. Jane got along quite well (though she did miss her mother).