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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 is the name of the arrogant Frenchman in chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, who Adams, Carwardine and Richard detest instantly?
(a) Liu.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Jacques.
(d) David.

2. Why did Adams and Carwardine need to buy a condom in chapter Blind Panic?
(a) To go over the microphone to record dolphins.
(b) To have a souvenir.
(c) To use as protection.
(d) To protect their food against bugs.

3. In what year was the baiji dolphin first discovered, according to Adams in chapter Blind Panic?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1910.

4. What was Richard Lewis' profession?
(a) Paleontologist.
(b) Ornithologist
(c) Zoologist.
(d) Neurologist.

5. All of the following animals are mentioned in the book, Last Chance to See, except for which of the following?
(a) Komodo dragon.
(b) Kakapo.
(c) Aye-aye.
(d) Mongoose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Last Chance to See about?

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.

4. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Analyze and describe Professor Zhou.

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

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