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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?
(a) The Baiji.
(b) The Irrawaddy Dolphin.
(c) The Northern Rightwhale Dolphin.
(d) The Tucuxi.

3. What was Last Chance to See about?
(a) Poisonous species.
(b) Newly discovered species.
(c) Extinct species.
(d) Endangered species.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Lewis' profession?

2. When asked in chapter Blind Panic "are you feeling nervous about something," Adams replies, "________."

3. When Adams wrote Last Chance to See, there were ________ human beings on earth.

4. ________ is when a bird shakes its wings and body and is a sign that the bird feels ________.

5. All of the following people are mentioned in the book Last Chance to See, except for who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has since happened to the Northern White rhinos in Zaire as detailed by Kes Hillman-Smith in the chapter Mark's Epilogue?

2. What is Mark Carwardine's response to the question: "Was this really our last chance to see these animals?"

3. Explain the beginning of the story of the Sibylline books. How do the townspeople respond to the old beggar woman?

4. Explain what happened to the Passenger pigeon according to Mark Carwardine.

5. What is the significance of the title Sifting Through the Embers?

6. Why do the people of the city say that the old beggar woman can't be very wise or knowledgeable? Explain.

7. What two odd things did Adams find about the music he heard while in China? Explain.

8. What two distinctive sounds in China does Adams encounter in the chapter Blind Panic?

9. Explain how Round Island has remained a refuge for unique species as described in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

10. What occurs when they send the old beggar woman away?

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