There are 11 questions below. Choose 8 of them to answer. Use details from the text to answer your questions.

1. Why does Clément try to stop Sophie from buying Otto on pages 3 and 4? What details in Chapter 1 help you understand his concerns? (Key Ideas and Details)

2. What does the author foreshadow at the end of Chapter 1? How does he foreshadow it? (Literary Analysis)

3. Explain Sophie’s relationship with her mother. How are they alike? How are they different? (Literary Analysis)

4. On page 35, Sophie’s mother chastises the animal trader by telling him that bonobos “are nearly human.” How does the author develop this idea in previous pages? (Key Ideas and Details)

5. What can you infer about Part One from its title? How does each chapter in Part One develop the idea indicated by its title? (Text Structure)

6. Describe how the bond between Sophie and Otto grows on pages 49–53. What theme does the author develop through their bond? (Key Ideas and Details)

7. What major event does Sophie learn about on page 56? What are the effects and potential effects of this event, as described on pages 56–58? (Key Ideas and Details)

8. At the end of Chapter 6, Sophie says, “Saving myself would mean destroying [Otto]” and “Could I doom Otto, too”? What does she mean? What can you infer about Sophie’s thoughts and feelings from these statements? (Key Ideas and Details)

9. What is the effect of the space breaks between paragraphs in Chapter 6? What is the effect of the lack of space breaks in Chapter 7? (Text Structure)

10. What does the author mean by “cut off” in the paragraph that starts at the bottom of page 71? Based on this phrase, what can you infer about what has happened? (Words and Phrases in Context)

11. On page 2, Sophie thinks that a “person dying” is more important than “dying animals.” How have her feelings shifted on page 72? What theme does the author develop through this change in attitude? (Key Ideas andDetails)

All students must answer this question.

At the end of Chapter 5, Sophie realizes that she, not her mother, is in great danger if a civil war erupts. Imagine that you are Sophie. Write a diary entry telling how you feel. Your diary entry should be no less than 300 words. WRITE THE FINAL WORD COUNT AT THE END OF THE DIARY ENTRY. Be sure to reference at least three events or conversations from Chapters 1–5. Consider your feelings about Otto, being in the Democratic Republic of Congo, being separated from your mother, and what you want. After writing your diary entry, review it against the checklist: Contains a minimum of 300 words, has a date, references at least three events or conversations from the text, explains how I feel.