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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 story in the chapter Sifting Through the Embers details a summer, when the people of the city were busy thriving and prospering, a strange ________ arrived at the gates.

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

3. What story once bothered Douglas Adams when he was young according to the chapter Sifting Through the Embers?

4. What was the strange person carrying with them in the beginning of the story the Sibylline books?

5. On Little Barrier Island, several of the males there had been booming for the first time, including a nine-year-old called ________, according to Mark's Epilogue.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the title Sifting Through the Embers?

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. What does the note in the hotel's directory of guest services state according to Adams in the chapter Blind Panic?

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

6. Analyze the two new species of lemur found in Madagascar, according to the chapter Mark's Epilogue.

7. Analyze one of the problems with breeding birds in captivity.

8. What was the very rare bird on the island Mauritius? Describe this bird.

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

10. Explain Carl Jones's character according to Adams in Rare, or Medium Rare.

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

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

Write an essay discussing the significance of the books title, Last Chance to See. How is the title developed throughout the book?

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