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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Richard in Rare, or Medium Rare, there are no interesting birds on Reunion because ________.
(a) They are all extinct.
(b) Reunion is uninhabitable.
(c) The French shot them all.
(d) There are no trees there.

2. ________ is when a bird shakes its wings and body and is a sign that the bird feels ________.
(a) Yoddeling / scared.
(b) Warbling / sad.
(c) Rousing / relaxed.
(d) Simpering / lonely.

3. What story once bothered Douglas Adams when he was young according to the chapter Sifting Through the Embers?
(a) To Build a Fire.
(b) The Gift of the Magi.
(c) A Jury of Her Peers.
(d) The Sibylline books.

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

5. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.
(a) Bronze monkey.
(b) Golden calf.
(c) Golden Minx.
(d) Drowned princess.

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

7. Douglas Adams explains in the chapter Blind Panic that foreigners are not allowed to ________ in China.
(a) Fish.
(b) Work.
(c) Drive.
(d) Swim.

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

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

10. In what genre is Last Chance to see classified?
(a) Science non-fiction.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Science fiction.

11. Mark Carwardine says that Mauritius was originally colonized by the _______.
(a) Russians.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Germans.
(d) French.

12. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?
(a) 7438.
(b) 200.
(c) 15.
(d) 1000.

13. The chapter Blind Panic explains that the baiji dolphin was first discovered in ________.
(a) Lugu Lake.
(b) Dong Ting Lake.
(c) Xingkai Lake.
(d) Baiyangdian Lake.

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

15. According to a disturbing letter received by Douglas and Mark from a couple who had been working in China, the couple says that they ate ________.
(a) Two Aye-aye lemurs.
(b) One Northern White Rhino.
(c) Two Baiji Dolphins.
(d) Three Kakapos.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being rejected by the towns people, the old beggar woman burned ________ books.

2. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?

3. A unique feature revealed by Adams about the baiji is that it is half ________.

4. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?

5. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for the six remaining books?

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