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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. The chapter Blind Panic explains that the baiji dolphin was first discovered in ________.
2. What story once bothered Douglas Adams when he was young according to the chapter Sifting Through the Embers?
3. In the chapter Blind Panic, Adams and Carwardine made a diversion to see an ________ farm, from which they got chased by police on the grounds that they didn't have appropriate permits.
4. Who has long been discredited as a bourgeois capitalist running-dog lackey, according to the chapter Blind Panic?
5. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two odd things did Adams find about the music he heard while in China? Explain.
2. Discuss the Tiananmen Square as described by Adams in the chapter Blind Panic.
3. 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?"
4. Define the term "exotic species." Explain why a disaster usually is the result when species is introduced from abroad.
5. Why do the people of the city say that the old beggar woman can't be very wise or knowledgeable? Explain.
6. Explain how Round Island has remained a refuge for unique species as described in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
7. Analyze the ending of the story of the Sibylline books.
8. Describe and identify Pink as detailed in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
9. What two distinctive sounds in China does Adams encounter in the chapter Blind Panic?
10. What has since happened to the Northern White rhinos in Zaire as detailed by Kes Hillman-Smith in the chapter Mark's Epilogue?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast endemic to exotic species. Discuss the benefits and detriments of both, giving examples from the book to support your statements.
Essay Topic 2
In a detailed essay, explain the correlation between the story Sifting Through the Embers to the overall meaning of the book, Last Chance to See.
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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