Michael Crichton's 'Congo'

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1. A central character in the novel 'Congo' was Amy. Who was Amy? A Researcher A Gorilla An Animal Trainer The Heroine's daughter

2. The novel starts with the death of the ERTS expedition in Congo. What was it that killed the expedition members? An unknown animal A species of gorilla The Yeti A supernatural force

3. Why were both ERTS and a Euro-Japanese consortium interested to send an expedition to Congo? To study behaviour of primates To participate in the civil war To rescue their trapped team members To search for diamonds

4. The expedition team of ERTS para drops into the Barawana forest. How does Amy land? She is carried by Elliot She is carried by Munro She is carried by Ross She uses a parafoil herself

5. Why does Amy get dreams of the lost city of Zinj? Because she lived there in a past life Because her mother was killed there It was a case of genetic memory They never find out why

6. Who among the expedition members dies at the end of the novel? None of these Ross Amy Munro

7. What message does Elliot create using the 'sighing language' to scare away the attacking gorillas Go away Bad here No come All of these

8. Why did the gorillas attack anyone who came to Zinj? They were killing for food They were killing to protect their young They were killing for defence They were trained to attack

9. What happens to Amy at the end of the story? She is lost She dies in the volcanic eruption She goes back to the research facility We are not told what happens to her

10. What is the result of the Karen Ross expedition to Congo? They are all killed in the volcanic eruption They capture the new species of gorillas They find the diamonds They manage to survive