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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Adams wrote Last Chance to See, there were ________ human beings on earth.
(a) 10 million.
(b) 5 billion.
(c) 2 trillion.
(d) 1 million.

4. Adams explains that in the thirties, the Peace Hotel was known as the ________.
(a) Cathay.
(b) Ziva.
(c) Logan.
(d) Margarette.

5. Adams and Carwardine entered the Tiananmen Square on ________.
(a) August 1972.
(b) October 1988.
(c) January 1982.
(d) July 1990.

6. Adams discovers that condoms are referred to as a ________ in China.
(a) Rubber-over.
(b) Sock.
(c) Safety glove.
(d) Love glove.

7. What was the name of the man who gets passengers in his Land Rover to answer questions by watching them rather than the dangerous road until they respond?
(a) Roberto Lira.
(b) Richard Lewis.
(c) John Clements.
(d) Jurgen Langer.

8. Adams states in chapter Blind Panic that everyone in China rides ________.
(a) Sports cars.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) SUVs.
(d) Mini-vans.

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

10. What animal does not breed well in captivity, according to Carwardine in Mark's Epilogue?
(a) Savannah Monitors.
(b) Northern White rhino.
(c) Three Toed Box turtles.
(d) Kinkajous.

11. What is the name of a plant or animal that is native to an island or region and is found nowhere else at all?
(a) Exotic species.
(b) Endangered species.
(c) Threatened species.
(d) Endemic species.

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

13. ________ nest is the first encouraging sign that the kakapo project is actually working according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Sara's.
(b) Emma's.
(c) Jennifer's.
(d) Heather's.

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

15. Which environment alone contains half the world's species of animals and plants, according to Carwardine?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Grasslands.
(c) Tundras.
(d) Rain Forests.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the strange person asking in return for all of their books?

2. What is the name of the arrogant Frenchman in chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, who Adams, Carwardine and Richard detest instantly?

3. 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?

4. Douglas Adams explains in the chapter Blind Panic that foreigners are not allowed to ________ in China.

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

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