2. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.

3. What was a mining product used in producing t toothpaste, iron and steel casting, and also as an additive for pig food?

4. All of the following animals are mentioned in the book, Last Chance to See, except for which of the following?

5. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, what happened to Reunion Island? Explain.

2. What occurs when they send the old beggar woman away?

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

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

5. 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?"

6. Analyze the importance of the reincarnation of the drowned princess to the Chinese culture, as described in Blind Panic.

7. What two distinctive sounds in China does Adams encounter in the chapter Blind Panic?

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

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

10. Analyze the Tiananmen Gate.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research and compose an essay on the benefits and contributions of one of the the six funds/projects found in One More Chance. Discuss the impact these funds or projects have on endangered species detailed in the book.