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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Eagles.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Falcons.

2. 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) 3 / 25.
(b) 10 / 11.
(c) 4 / 8.
(d) 8 / 20.

3. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for the six remaining books?
(a) 1 sack of gold.
(b) 2 sacks of diamonds.
(c) 6 sacks of diamonds.
(d) 2 sacks of gold.

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

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

6. 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) John Clements.
(b) Jurgen Langer.
(c) Richard Lewis.
(d) Roberto Lira.

7. According to Carwardine, the population of the Wild Pink pigeons on Mauritius had ________.
(a) Stayed the same.
(b) Increased to over 50.
(c) Hit zero.
(d) Dropped to fewer than 10.

8. After being rejected by the townsmen for the second time, the old beggar woman burned how many more books?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

9. Who was the narrator in Last Chance to See?
(a) Douglas Adams.
(b) Alain le Garsmeur.
(c) Mark Carwardine.
(d) Chris Muir.

10. ________ are the white trails along cliffs where a bird has been sitting, according to chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
(a) Mutes.
(b) Whelp.
(c) Streak.
(d) Troops.

11. What was the name of the brilliant, but mad Welshman in his late 30s, who loves birds to the point of obsession?
(a) Peter Guzzardi.
(b) Carl Jones.
(c) Richard Lewis.
(d) Bill Black.

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

13. What was the name of the Mauritius kestrel who was in love with Carl Jones?
(a) Pink.
(b) Tweetie.
(c) Flappy.
(d) Blue.

14. According to Mark Carwardine, a staggering ________ have been found and identified so far.
(a) 1 billion.
(b) 1.4 million.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 9.5 million.

15. According to a letter Carwardine received, at 08.45 hours on ________, one of the dog handlers, Alan Munn, and his English Setter, 'Ari' located a new female kakapo near Lees Knob.
(a) September 4, 1999.
(b) July 24, 1977.
(c) August 25, 1989.
(d) November 9, 1998.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adams details that the gateway to the Forbidden City, the ________ Gate, is where the great iconic portrait of Chairman Mao gazed out across the vastness of the Tiananmen Square.

2. Don Merton phoned Carwardine to tell him that a newly made kakapo nest had been found on ________.

3. Who has long been discredited as a bourgeois capitalist running-dog lackey, according to the chapter Blind Panic?

4. What does Adams claim to be the most famous of all the animals on Mauritius?

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

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