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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 brilliant, but mad Welshman in his late 30s, who loves birds to the point of obsession?
2. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for the six remaining books?
3. All of the following people are mentioned in the book Last Chance to See, except for who?
4. What was a mining product used in producing t toothpaste, iron and steel casting, and also as an additive for pig food?
5. Adams and Carwardine went to Rodrigues Island to look for what animal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What book bothered Douglas Adams when he was young? How does he feel about the book now? Explain.
2. Explain Carl Jones and Richard Lewis' s first obsession as seen in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
3. Describe and identify Pink as detailed in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
4. Explain how Round Island has remained a refuge for unique species as described in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
5. Analyze the Tiananmen Gate.
6. Analyze the importance of the reincarnation of the drowned princess to the Chinese culture, as described in Blind Panic.
7. Analyze the letter Douglas and Mark received from Andy Roberts in the chapter, Mark's Epilogue.
8. What two distinctive sounds in China does Adams encounter in the chapter Blind Panic?
9. Analyze the two new species of lemur found in Madagascar, according to the chapter Mark's Epilogue.
10. What does the note in the hotel's directory of guest services state according to Adams in the chapter Blind Panic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in response to the following question found in Mark's Epilogue: 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?" State your opinion and support your position with references from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing the relevance of Last Chance to See to today's society. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In a well-organized essay, compare and contrast an endangered species to a threatened species. Use specific examples from the text to support your essay.
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