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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 was the name of the sugar estate's elderly gatekeeper and eccentric Mauritian who would not let anybody through his gate without a permit?

2. Adams and Carwardine entered the Tiananmen Square on ________.

3. The chapter Blind Panic explains that the baiji dolphin was first discovered in ________.

4. What was the name of the brilliant, but mad Welshman in his late 30s, who loves birds to the point of obsession?

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

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

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

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

5. Define the term "exotic species." Explain why a disaster usually is the result when species is introduced from abroad.

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

7. What has since happened to the Northern White rhinos in Zaire as detailed by Kes Hillman-Smith in the chapter Mark's Epilogue?

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

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

10. Why do the people of the city say that the old beggar woman can't be very wise or knowledgeable? Explain.

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

Detail the importance and history of the Great Ape as seen in the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

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