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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?

2. Which two people meet Adams and Carwardine at the airport who are described as small, willowy-slim, healthy looking Indonesians?

3. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?

4. The narrator explains in Twig Technology that monkeys are ambitious and interested in all sorts of things, especially ________, with which they found they could do all kinds of things that they couldn't do by themselves.

5. Adams informs the reader that a young female gorilla called ________, caught her hand in a wire antelope snare and eventually died of septicemia in August 1988.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Aye-aye discussed in chapter Twig Technology.

2. What is Kakapo Castle, which is found in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night?

3. Analyze the Northern White rhinoceros of Czechoslovakia.

4. Describe the Kea, as discussed in Heartbeats in the Night.

5. Discuss the irony Adams saw surrounding the history of lemurs.

6. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.

7. Analyze Don Merton as described by Adams in Heartbeats in the Night.

8. What problem arose while Mark Carwardine was arranging travel plans with the Ambassador in Brussels?

9. Describe Kiri and Moose as discussed in the chapter, Here Be Chickens.

10. What confession does Adams make in Heartbeats in the Night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the meaning of the track and bowl system, as it relates to the book, Last Chance to See. How does Adams describe the track and bowl system? Why is it so important?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you present a case either for or against animal captivity. Use specific examples from Last Chance to See.

Essay Topic 3

Interpret the meaning of "Darkest Africa," as it relates to the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

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