How to Babysit an Orangutan
  • 1. What island is the orangutan orphanage located?
A) Borneo
B) Samoa
C) Hawaii
D) Sumatra
  • 2. What kind of place is Camp Leakey?
A) a camp for adults
B) a camp for adult orangutans
C) a camp for kids
D) a camp for orphaned orangutans
  • 3. Why do the baby orangutans in this selection need babysitters?
A) because they cannot survive without their mothers
B) because their mothers are being trained for circuses
C) because they are sick and hungry
D) because they are rare animals
  • 4. When does a babysitter's job end?
A) when the babysitter is tired and wants to go home
B) when the ape can go off to live alone in the rain forest
C) when the orangutan learns to feed itself
D) when the natural mother returns
  • 5. Animal dealershttp://www.thatquiz.org/tq/teacher.html are a danger to mother and baby orangutans for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ____________________.
A) many baby orangutans do not survive the trip to a zoo or circus
B) they kill the mothers to get the babies
C) mother orangutans do not give up babies without a fight
D) they want to cuddle the baby orangutans
  • 6. The babysitter wears a hat to protect herself from the rain. How might an orangutan protect itself in a similar situation?
A) roll under a log
B) take cover in a hole
C) hold a leaf over its head
D) find an umbrella
  • 7. How can you tell if orangutans are best friends?
A) One becomes the leader of the others.
B) They snatch each other's food.
C) They build nests in the same trees.
D) Three or four hang around together.
  • 8. How long does it take baby orangutans to learn to live on their own?
A) seven or eight years
B) six months
C) twenty years
D) several weeks
  • 9. Baby orangutans eat ________________.
A) vegetables, sandwiches, and apple juice
B) pancakes, syrup, and fried eggs
C) fruit, plants, and bugs
D) fruit juice, hamburgers, and mashed potatoes
  • 10. Why is bath time for the orangutans no fun for the babysitters?
A) The apes throw water at the babysitters
B) The apes love to bathe and won't get out of the water
C) The babysitters don't like the kind of soap they have to use.
D) The apes don't like to get wet and will scream and bite.
  • 11. What is a sign that a baby orangutan is ready to go off on its own?
A) It had learned to eat bananas.
B) It is old enough to sleep alone in the forest.
C) It can leave its family and best friends.
D) It can hang upside down from a tree.
  • 12. How are the orangutans' nests different from the nests of the other great apes?
A) Orangutans build a roof on top of their nests to keep out rain.
B) Orangutans don't build nests
C) Orangutans always build their nest on the ground.
D) They steal a nest from another orangutan
  • 13. Orangutan females only give birth about once every _______________.
A) 6 years
B) 8 years
C) 1 year
D) 3 years
  • 14. Orang Hutan means ______________.
A) Person of the Forest
B) Orange Forest
C) Monkey Man
D) Silly Monkey
  • 15. All of the following apes are considered great apes EXCEPT _________________.
A) orangutan
B) chimpanzee
C) bonabo
D) spider monkey
  • 16. Do you think you would like to babysit an orangutan? Why or why not? Please be sure to use details from the story to explain your answer.
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