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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adams and Carwardine went to Rodrigues Island to look for what animal?
(a) Spider monkey.
(b) Fruit bats.
(c) Elegant frog.
(d) Three-toed sloth.

2. Mark's Epilogue explains that for millions of years, on average, ________ species became extinct every century.
(a) 20.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. When asked in chapter Blind Panic "are you feeling nervous about something," Adams replies, "________."
(a) China.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Heights.
(d) Flying.

4. Adams explains that when you spend time on islands with naturalists, you will tend to hear two words frequently. To what two words does Adams refer?
(a) Endemic and exotic.
(b) Threatened and endangered.
(c) Tame and wild.
(d) Poachers and hunters.

5. After being rejected by the towns people, the old beggar woman burned ________ books.
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

6. What was the name of the non-round island near Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean?
(a) Round Island.
(b) Victoria Island.
(c) Baffin Island.
(d) Kodiak Island.

7. The Chapter Rare, or Medium Rare states that in the Indian Ocean on an island called Mauritius there was a very rare bird, perhaps the rarest of all ________, called the Mauritius Kestrel.
(a) Falcons.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Sparrows.

8. According to Adams, the term "fed up" actually comes from ________.
(a) Falconry.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Shakespeare.

9. What was the name of the sugar estate's elderly gatekeeper and eccentric Mauritian who would not let anybody through his gate without a permit?
(a) Jeff.
(b) John.
(c) Jerry.
(d) James.

10. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.
(a) Shoes.
(b) Television.
(c) Birds.
(d) Appearance..

11. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?
(a) Feeking.
(b) Sleuthing.
(c) Brooding.
(d) Grooming.

12. What was the point of view of the book, Last Chance to See?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Alternating point of view.
(d) First person narrative.

13. All of the following people are mentioned in the book Last Chance to See, except for who?
(a) Diego.
(b) Alain le Garsmeur.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Charles.

14. According to Adams in the first sentence of chapter Blind Panic, ________ are the things you don't know you're making.
(a) Lies.
(b) Assumptions.
(c) Procrastination.
(d) Excuses.

15. Adams and Carwardine also received a letter from Kes Hillman-Smith in Zaire, saying that ________ baby Northern White rhinos had been born in Garamba since they left, bringing the total population up to ________.
(a) 10 / 11.
(b) 8 / 20.
(c) 4 / 8.
(d) 3 / 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being rejected by the townsmen for the second time, the old beggar woman burned how many more books?

2. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.

3. In what genre is Last Chance to see classified?

4. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.

5. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?

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