Comprehension
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, why did Jane Goodall go to Gombe National Park?
a. to join a chimpanzee family
b. to study chimpanzee behavior
c. to work as a chimpanzee doctor
d. to learn to make chimpanzee tools
b. to study chimpanzee behavior
Read 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?
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.
c. She shows that chimps can be aggressive creatures.
Goodall had more than one purpose for writing My Life With the Chimpanzees. Which of the following best identifies those purposes?
a. She wanted to express her feelings about chimpanzees and describe them in colorful terms.
b. She wanted to share facts about chimpanzees and tell the story of how she learned those facts.
c. She wanted to entertain readers with stories about chimpanzees and brag about her findings.
d. She wanted to explain how she became a scientist and persuade others to study chimpanzees.
b. She wanted to share facts about chimpanzees and tell the story of how she learned those facts.
Athletes must exercise regularly to stay in shape.
"Athletes" in this sentence is a(n):
a. adjective
b. conjunction
c. preposition
d. noun
d. noun
According to Jane, many of the chimpanzees seemed irritable when it rained.
Based on the definition of irritable, how were the chimps MOST LIKELY feeling?
a. annoyed
b. frustrated
c. happy
d. upset
a. annoyed
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what important discovery did Jane Goodall make during her early years at Gombe Park?
a. Chimpanzees can learn to write.
b. Chimpanzees make and use tools.
c. Chimpanzees give each other names.
d. Chimpanzees eat mostly fruits and nuts.
b. 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 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.
d. It showed that the chimpanzees had begun to accept her presence.
Why is My Life With the Chimpanzees considered a memoir?
a. It describes nature.
b. It has more than one author.
c. It can be used in place of a science book.
d. It describes key moments in the author’s life.
d. It describes key moments in the author’s life.
Jason is an intelligent student.
"Intelligent" in this sentence is a(n):
a. adjective
b. conjunction
c. noun
d. pronoun
a.adjective
If the leopard vanished into the forest, which of the following must be true?
Base your answer on the meaning of vanished.
a. It was captured.
b. It made a loud cry.
c. It can no longer be seen.
d. It moved at a high speed.
c. It can no longer be seen.
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, what made “the Peak” one of Goodall’s favorite places?
a. The views from the Peak were excellent.
b. The trees on the Peak provided plenty of food.
c. The chimps that lived on the Peak were friendly.
d. The silence on the Peak helped her think and write.
a. The views from the Peak were excellent.
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which
word best describes the young Jane Goodall?
a. bossy
b. patient
c. helpless
d. generous
b. patient
Which characteristic does My Life With the Chimpanzees share with other memoirs?
a. It describes a variety of characters.
b. It quotes from authoritative sources.
c. It is written from the first-person point of view.
d. It is written from the third-person point of view.
c. It is written from the first-person point of view.
Jane sat under the trees and took notes.
"under" in this sentence is a(n):
a. adjective
b. preposition
c. adverb
d. interjection
b. preposition
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.
a. thirsty
b. grateful
c. talkative
d. unhappy
d. unhappy
According to the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees, which of the following statements about chimpanzees are true? Choose three options.
a. Chimpanzees enjoy the rain.
b. Chimpanzees have one mate for life.
c. Chimpanzees eat mostly small animals.
d. Chimpanzees use sounds to communicate.
e. Chimpanzees live in groups and communities.
f. Chimpanzees are eager to interact with humans.
g. Chimpanzees sleep with their mothers until age five or six.
d, e, g
Part B Which passage from My Life With the Chimpanzees most clearly
supports the answer to Part A?
a. 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.
b. 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 the day. I kept a blanket up there, too….
c. After supper I would get out the little notebook in which I had scribbled everything I had seen while watching the chimps during the day. I would settle down to write it all legibly into my journal….
d. 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.
a. 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.
Which of the following TWO central ideas can be added to the list of central ideas for My Life With the Chimpanzees?
a. Chimpanzees do many of the same things humans do
b. Chimpanzees can be unintelligent sometimes
c. Chimpanzees love to eat bananas
d. It takes time to gain the trust of chimpanzees
a & d
You may purchase tickets at the door but there will be an extra charge.
"but" in this sentence is a(n):
a. interjection
b. conjunction
c. preposition
d. verb
b. conjunction
If someone approached you threateningly, how might you feel?
a. Sad
b. Excited
c. Frightened
d. Angry
c. Frightened
Which of the following animals does Goodall encounter in the excerpt from My Life With the Chimpanzees? Choose three options.
a. horse
b. buffalo
c. leopard
d. baboon
e. kangaroo
f. hippopotamus
b, c, d
What makes Goodall’s perspective in My Life With the Chimpanzees unique?
a. Few humans keep a daily journal.
b. Few humans are interested in African wildlife.
c. Few humans would agree that chimpanzees are worth saving.
d. Few humans have spent so much time in nature with chimpanzees.
d. Few humans have spent so much time in nature with chimpanzees.
Why was David Greybeard's visit to the camp significant to the rest of the story?
a. It shows that the chimpanzees liked to sleep in the camp beds
b. It proves that chimpanzees love to go camping just like humans
c. It is evidence that the chimpanzees were starting to trust Jane and others at her camp.
d. It shows that the chimpanzees were hungry and would continue to search their camp for food.
c. It is evidence that the chimpanzees were starting to trust Jane and others at her camp.
"Ouch" in this sentence is a(n)
a. noun
b. preposition
c. interjection
d. adverb
c. interjection
An impetuous person is most likely to do which of the following?
a. keep a promise
b. tell boring jokes
c. give people orders
d. act without thinking
d. act without thinking