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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. When asked in chapter Blind Panic "are you feeling nervous about something," Adams replies, "________."
(a) Flying.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Heights.
(d) China.

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

3. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?
(a) Feeking.
(b) Grooming.
(c) Sleuthing.
(d) Brooding.

4. A unique feature revealed by Adams about the baiji is that it is half ________.
(a) Amphibian.
(b) Blind.
(c) Reptile.
(d) Deaf.

5. The trips found in Last Chance to See were recorded for ________.
(a) Animal Planet.
(b) BBC radio.
(c) PBS.
(d) Discovery Channel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Adams, the term "fed up" actually comes from ________.

3. Adams and Carwardine entered the Tiananmen Square on ________.

4. 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.

5. Mark Carwardine explains that the ________, which was once the most common bird that ever lived on earth was hunted to extinction in little more than fifty years.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe and identify Pink as detailed in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What book bothered Douglas Adams when he was young? How does he feel about the book now? Explain.

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

10. Analyze the two new species of lemur found in Madagascar, according to the chapter Mark's Epilogue.

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