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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. 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.

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

3. Mark explains that, "There are so many threatened animals around the world that, at the rate of ________ every ________ weeks, it would have taken Douglas and me more than three hundred years to search for them all."

4. What does Adams claim to be the most famous of all the animals on Mauritius?

5. Who has long been discredited as a bourgeois capitalist running-dog lackey, according to the chapter Blind Panic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book bothered Douglas Adams when he was young? How does he feel about the book now? Explain.

2. What odd thing did Adams notice while in China that he describes in the chapter Blind Panic?

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

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

5. Explain Carl Jones and Richard Lewis' s first obsession as seen in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

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

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

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

9. Explain the beginning of the story of the Sibylline books. How do the townspeople respond to the old beggar woman?

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

Clearly identify the connection between the term "assumptions" and the chapter Blind Panic.

Essay Topic 2

Write a research paper on the Aye-aye. Explain the major changes that have occurred since the publishing of Last Chance to See.

Essay Topic 3

Interpret the meaning of "Darkest Africa," as it relates to the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

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