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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. Who knows more about Kakapos than anyone else in the world, according to Adams?
2. Twig Technology states that at the end of the last century, ________ took over Madagascar.
3. The currency-declaration forms that Adams and Carwardine had to fill out in Zaire had the heading ________, crossed out, with "Zaire" written instead in pencil.
4. According to the narrator in Twig Technology, in ________, by some sort of journalistic accident, the narrator went to look for an almost extinct animal.
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 Komodo dragons found in chapter Here Be Chickens.
2. What is Kakapo Castle, which is found in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night?
3. Analyze the Northern White rhinoceros of Czechoslovakia.
4. What major evolutionary change passed Madagascar, according to Adams?
5. Describe the remarkable feature of the Aye-aye that both Adams and Carwardine analyzed.
6. Explain Dr. Struan Sutherland's answer to the question: What does one do when bitten by a poisonous snake?
7. What three animals are the most poisonous? Explain.
8. Describe Kiri and Moose as discussed in the chapter, Here Be Chickens.
9. What peculiar thing happened to Adams in Twig Technology?
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
Write an essay discussing the significance of the books title, Last Chance to See. How is the title developed throughout the book?
Essay Topic 2
Clearly identify the connection between the term "assumptions" and the chapter Blind Panic.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the relevance of Last Chance to See to today's society. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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