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“Among the Wild Chimpanzees”

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1. What was the name of the young woman who was sent to Africa to study the chimps?
 Karen Foster                    Julie McGregor                   
Diane Fossey                     Jane Goodall

2. Chimps create nests out of:
 sticks & leaves          rocks                       
dirt                                feathers

3.  How does Fifi react to her new baby brother, Flint?
 she attacks him        she is fascinated by him        
 she ignores him        she runs away

4.  How does Flo treat Fifi when she tries to interact with the bay? 
 she punishes Fifi      she is very patient     

5.  Which of the following behaviors do males exhibit to show their dominance over other males:
 they jump around and make a lot of noise         they snarl and bite the other males, sometimes causing injury
 they roll onto their backs and expose their bellies            they climb highest in the trees

6.  Mike was able to raise his status in the group by:
  picking on the females                                          grooming the dominant male
  having the most offspring                                     using tin cans to make a lot of noise

7.  Fifi became frightened when she:
 was confronted by a group of baboons  could not find her mother  heard thunder

8.  During a rainstorm, chimpanzees:
 seek shelter                   climb high into trees     sit and wait it out    open an umbrella

9.   In order to eat termites, chimpanzees:
 they use their long tongues to probe the termite mound
flush the termites out of the mound with water
 use sticks to pull termites from the mound                        
 kick the termite mounds until the termites run out

10.  Which of the following illustrates tools used by chimpanzees?
 using sticks to remove termites                             using sticks as weapons
 using a leaf like a sponge for water                     all of these

11.  What animal was killed and eaten by the normally vegetarian chimpanzees?
 baboon                       mouse                turtle                   chicken                

12.  Jane quit putting out bananas for the chimps because:
 the chimps were fighting too much                      the chimps were becoming fat
 the bananas were making them ill                       the chimps were getting too tame

13.  When confronted by a mirror, young Flint:   ignored it         was fascinated    attacked it 

14.  What disease devastated the chimpanzees at the reserve?  
 smallpox           AIDS           polio                           

15.  What were the symptoms of the disease?    paralysis          seizures     high fever       rash        

16.  What was Jane’s son’s nickname?     Bubba              Flint             Grub                            Petey

17.  How does Flint react to Flo trying to wean him?
 he sulks                      he runs away                            he throws tantrums                  he cries

18.  What happened to Flame?    she disappeared    she was adopted by another chimp   Jane moved her to a zoo

19.  What happened to Flint?      he left the group on his own         he died       he was adopted by Fifi

20.  Jane’s study on chimpanzees:    ended when funding ran out         lasted more than 20 years    

21.  (OPINION)  What is Jane and her team’s responsibility toward the chimpanzees?
  They should help them by providing medical care or relocating chimps in danger
 They should not  interfere and let nature take its course.
  They should only interfere in extreme (life or death) circumstances