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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All of the following animals are mentioned in the book, Last Chance to See, except for which of the following?
(a) Kakapo.
(b) Komodo dragon.
(c) Mongoose.
(d) Aye-aye.

2. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.
(a) Shoes.
(b) Appearance..
(c) Television.
(d) Birds.

3. Who was the premier expert on the endangered baiji described as a polite, kindly man about 60 years old, working at Nanjing University?
(a) Ros Aveling.
(b) Professor Zhou.
(c) Jurgen Langer.
(d) Dr. Hillman-Smith.

4. What animal does not breed well in captivity, according to Carwardine in Mark's Epilogue?
(a) Northern White rhino.
(b) Kinkajous.
(c) Savannah Monitors.
(d) Three Toed Box turtles.

5. According to Adams in the first sentence of chapter Blind Panic, ________ are the things you don't know you're making.
(a) Lies.
(b) Excuses.
(c) Procrastination.
(d) Assumptions.

6. 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.
(a) Snark.
(b) Andi.
(c) Bisquit.
(d) Skipper.

7. Why did Adams and Carwardine need to buy a condom in chapter Blind Panic?
(a) To go over the microphone to record dolphins.
(b) To have a souvenir.
(c) To use as protection.
(d) To protect their food against bugs.

8. Adams explains that in the thirties, the Peace Hotel was known as the ________.
(a) Cathay.
(b) Margarette.
(c) Logan.
(d) Ziva.

9. The population of Chatham Island robins was down to one pregnant female, but the dedication of ________ and his team saved the species from extinction according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Richard Lewis.
(c) Andy Roberts.
(d) Bill Black.

10. What was the name of the brilliant, but mad Welshman in his late 30s, who loves birds to the point of obsession?
(a) Richard Lewis.
(b) Peter Guzzardi.
(c) Carl Jones.
(d) Bill Black.

11. ________ is when a bird shakes its wings and body and is a sign that the bird feels ________.
(a) Simpering / lonely.
(b) Yoddeling / scared.
(c) Rousing / relaxed.
(d) Warbling / sad.

12. What was the strange person carrying with them in the beginning of the story the Sibylline books?
(a) 12 large books.
(b) 3 bags of gold.
(c) 22 Bibles.
(d) 5 green apples.

13. What was the name of the man who gets passengers in his Land Rover to answer questions by watching them rather than the dangerous road until they respond?
(a) Roberto Lira.
(b) Jurgen Langer.
(c) John Clements.
(d) Richard Lewis.

14. 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."
(a) 3 / 3.
(b) 1 / 3.
(c) 2 / 10.
(d) 90 / 8.

15. 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.
(a) Dolphin.
(b) Fish.
(c) Pig.
(d) Alligator.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mark Carwardine, a staggering ________ have been found and identified so far.

2. According to a disturbing letter received by Douglas and Mark from a couple who had been working in China, the couple says that they ate ________.

3. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for a single book at the end of Sifting Through the Embers?

4. Who was the narrator in Last Chance to See?

5. According to Richard in Rare, or Medium Rare, there are no interesting birds on Reunion because ________.

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