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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 term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?
2. Douglas Adams explains in the chapter Blind Panic that foreigners are not allowed to ________ in China.
3. Who was the premier expert on the endangered baiji described as a polite, kindly man about 60 years old, working at Nanjing University?
4. What term used in Rare, or Medium Rare describes when a bird hatches from its egg and falls in love with the first thing that feeds it?
5. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the Tiananmen Square as described by Adams in the chapter Blind Panic.
2. Explain what happened to the Passenger pigeon according to Mark Carwardine.
3. Why do the people of the city say that the old beggar woman can't be very wise or knowledgeable? Explain.
4. Analyze the two new species of lemur found in Madagascar, according to the chapter Mark's Epilogue.
5. Define the term "exotic species." Explain why a disaster usually is the result when species is introduced from abroad.
6. What book bothered Douglas Adams when he was young? How does he feel about the book now? Explain.
7. According to the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, what happened to Reunion Island? Explain.
8. Analyze the importance of the reincarnation of the drowned princess to the Chinese culture, as described in Blind Panic.
9. Describe and identify Pink as detailed in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
10. Analyze one of the problems with breeding birds in captivity.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Research and compose an essay on the benefits and contributions of one of the the six funds/projects found in One More Chance. Discuss the impact these funds or projects have on endangered species detailed in the book.
Essay Topic 2
In a detailed essay, explain the correlation between the story Sifting Through the Embers to the overall meaning of the book, Last Chance to See.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that exhibits how tourists affect Douglas Adams' views on nature. Why must governments accept tourism in protected areas? Provide specific examples from the book to support your statements.
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