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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. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?
2. Mark Carwardine says that Mauritius was originally colonized by the _______.
3. On the expedition, whose job was it to turn up with a suitcase and try to remember what happened long enough to write it down?
4. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.
5. Adams and Carwardine went to Rodrigues Island to look for what animal?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Carl Jones's character according to Adams in Rare, or Medium Rare.
2. What was the very rare bird on the island Mauritius? Describe this bird.
3. Analyze the Tiananmen Gate.
4. Analyze the ending of the story of the Sibylline books.
5. According to the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, what happened to Reunion Island? Explain.
6. What book bothered Douglas Adams when he was young? How does he feel about the book now? Explain.
7. Define the term "exotic species." Explain why a disaster usually is the result when species is introduced from abroad.
8. Why do the people of the city say that the old beggar woman can't be very wise or knowledgeable? Explain.
9. Discuss the Tiananmen Square as described by Adams 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
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 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
Write an essay that exhibits how tourists affect Douglas Adams' views on nature. Why must governments accept tourism in protected areas? Provide specific examples from the book to support your statements.
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