Ans: B
5. 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.
Rationale: Goodall saw chimps strip twigs to make tools for extracting termites, redefining science's definition of toolmakers.
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First Read: Concept Vocabulary
Questions 6 – 8
Ans: C
6. 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.
Rationale: Vanished means disappeared completely from sight or ceased to be visible.
Ans: D
7. 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
Rationale: Miserable describes being extremely uncomfortable, wretched, or deeply unhappy.
Ans: D
8. 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
Rationale: Impetuous denotes acting rashly, impulsively, or without thinking through consequences.
Close Read: Analyze the Text
Questions 9 – 10
Part A: B
Part B: A
9. 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
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... when I got tired from a long trek... 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...”
d. “Instead of writing the information in notebooks, I started to use a little tape recorder...”
Rationale: Option A exemplifies extreme patience: waiting nearly a full year before being able to get within 100 yards.
Ans: C
10. 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.
Rationale: The aggressive charge and bristling rage demonstrate that chimps are powerful, wild animals with dangerous territorial instincts.
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