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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which environment alone contains half the world's species of animals and plants, according to Carwardine?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Grasslands.
(c) Tundras.
(d) Rain Forests.

3. Mark's Epilogue explains that for millions of years, on average, ________ species became extinct every century.
(a) 4.
(b) 20.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

4. When did Chairman Mao proclaim the founding of the People's Republic of China?
(a) July 21, 1823.
(b) October 1, 1949.
(c) June 18, 1812.
(d) January 3, 1933.

5. According to Mark Carwardine, a staggering ________ have been found and identified so far.
(a) 200,000.
(b) 9.5 million.
(c) 1.4 million.
(d) 1 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the strange person asking in return for all of their books?

2. According to Carwardine, there are only ______ elephants left in Africa due to poachers.

3. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for the six remaining books?

4. After being rejected by the townsmen for the second time, the old beggar woman burned how many more books?

5. All of the following animals are mentioned in the book, Last Chance to See, except for which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe and identify Pink as detailed in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

4. Analyze and describe Professor Zhou.

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

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

7. Analyze the letter Douglas and Mark received from Andy Roberts in the chapter, Mark's Epilogue.

8. 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?"

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

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

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