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

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

3. 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) July 24, 1977.
(b) September 4, 1999.
(c) August 25, 1989.
(d) November 9, 1998.

4. What was the strange person carrying with them in the beginning of the story the Sibylline books?
(a) 5 green apples.
(b) 12 large books.
(c) 3 bags of gold.
(d) 22 Bibles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a plant or animal that is native to an island or region and is found nowhere else at all?

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

3. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.

4. Mark's Epilogue explains that for millions of years, on average, ________ species became extinct every century.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, what happened to Reunion Island? Explain.

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

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

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

6. Analyze the Tiananmen Gate.

7. Define the term "exotic species." Explain why a disaster usually is the result when species is introduced from abroad.

8. Analyze and describe Professor Zhou.

9. Discuss the Tiananmen Square as described by Adams in the chapter Blind Panic.

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

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