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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. Adams explains that once, before New Zealand was inhabited by humans, there were hundreds of thousands of ________.

2. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?

3. In the chapter Here Be Chickens, Adam and Carwardine board a boat that was a twenty-three-foot fishing vessel called the ________.

4. Who was an extremely experienced and knowledgeable zoologist who was working at that time for the World Wildlife Fund?

5. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Dr. Struan Sutherland's answer to the question: What does one do when bitten by a poisonous snake?

2. Illustrate the other two people sharing the hut with Adams and Carwardine in the Virunga Volcanoes.

3. Analyze the Northern White rhinoceros of Czechoslovakia.

4. What peculiar thing happened to Adams in Twig Technology?

5. What three animals are the most poisonous? Explain.

6. Describe the remarkable feature of the Aye-aye that both Adams and Carwardine analyzed.

7. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.

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 how discotheques are used as a metaphor for the confusion that humans bring into the worlds of animals. Why does he use this metaphor? What affect does it have on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the theme of poaching contributes to the meaning and significance of Last Chance to See. Define poaching and describe its effects on endangered species. Discuss current measures to circumvent poachers in many countries.

Essay Topic 3

In a well-organized essay, compare and contrast an endangered species to a threatened species. Use specific examples from the text to support your essay.

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