Comprehension
Why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?
to study chimpanzee behavior
If the leopard vanished into the forest, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of vanished.
It can no longer be seen.
One independent clause, such as:
Mike was a small chimp.
What is a simple sentence?
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which word best describes the young Jane Goodall? Choose one below.
1. bossy
2. patient
3. helpless
4. generous
What it means to be patient?
Which of the following animals does Goodall encounter in the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees? Give three options.
buffalo, leopard, and baboon
Which 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.
unhappy
Two independent clauses that are combined with a comma + conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
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. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what made “the Peak” one of Goodall’s favorite places?
1.The views from the Peak were excellent.
2. The trees on the peak provided plenty of food.
3. The chimps that lived on the Peak were friendly.
4. The silence on the Peak helped her think and write.
1.The views from the Peak were excellent.
An impetuous person is most likely to do which of the following?
act without thinking
Other chimps, however followed Greybeard's lead.
What type of sentence is this?
What is a complex sentence?
“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?
A. She shows that chimps have many human traits.
B. She shows that the chimps had accepted her.
C. She shows that chimps can be aggressive creatures.
D. She shows that her time among the chimps was a failure.
She shows that the chimps had accepted her.
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true? Recall three options.
1. Chimpanzees enjoy the rain.
2. Chimpanzees have one mate for life.
3. Chimpanzees eat mostly small animals.
4. Chimps use sound to communicate.
5. Chimps live in groups.
6. Chimps are eager to interact with humans.
7. Chimps sleep with their mothers until they are five or six.
Chimpanzees use sounds to communicate, live in groups and communities, and sleep with their mothers until age five or six.
According to the text form "Flo was the top-ranked female of her community and could dominate all others.
Define the meaning of dominate.
rule or control
Other chimps, however , followed Greybeard's lead.
How is the commas used in the sentence?
1. off set transitional words or phrase
2. To separate word series
3. To off set nonessential elements
to set off transitional words and phrases
n 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.
It showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presence.
How at first did the chimpanzees react to Goodall? Why does Goodall first leave Gombe? How long does it take for Goodall's camp to grow into a research center?
At first the chimps are afraid. Goodall returns to England to attend college. It takes six years for the camp to become a reach center.
According to the text, "Many of them got coughs and colds. Often, during heavy rain, they seemed irritable and bad tempered.
Define the meaning of irritable.
easily annoyed and angered
What is the meaning of the word commas? Explain.
A punctuation mark used to signal readers to pause and other variety of ways.
Early the next morning I set out to search for chimpanzees. I had been told by the British game ranger in charge of Gombe not to travel about the mountains by myself—except near camp. Otherwise, I had to take one of the game scouts with me. So I set off with Adolf. That first day we saw two chimps feeding in a tall tree. As soon as they saw us they leapt down and vanished. The next day we saw no chimps at all. Nor the day after. Nor the day after that.
Why do you think Dr. Goodall has chosen to repeat these words?
She repeat the phrase because she wants to emphasize the repetition she felt in searching and seeing nothing.