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

2. Adams and Carwardine entered the Friendship Store in the chapter Blind Panic to purchase what item?
(a) Souvenirs.
(b) Aftershave.
(c) Toothpaste.
(d) Condoms.

3. The story in the chapter Sifting Through the Embers details a summer, when the people of the city were busy thriving and prospering, a strange ________ arrived at the gates.
(a) Toothless man.
(b) Hairless child.
(c) Old beggar woman.
(d) Dirty witch.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Adams states in chapter Blind Panic that everyone in China rides ________.

2. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for a quarter of her books?

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

4. What was the strange person carrying with them in the beginning of the story the Sibylline books?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What odd thing did Adams notice while in China that he describes in the chapter Blind Panic?

2. Explain Carl Jones and Richard Lewis' s first obsession as seen in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

3. Analyze the Tiananmen Gate.

4. What is Mark Carwardine's response to the question: "Does it really matter if the Yangtze river dolphin, or the kakapo, or the northern white rhino, or any other species live on only in scientists' notebooks?"

5. Explain Carl Jones's character according to Adams in Rare, or Medium Rare.

6. Analyze the letter Douglas and Mark received from Andy Roberts in the chapter, Mark's Epilogue.

7. Analyze the ending of the story of the Sibylline books.

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

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

10. Analyze one of the problems with breeding birds in captivity.

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