Michael Crichton's 'Congo'

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

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

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

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

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

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 All of these No come Go away Bad here

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

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

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