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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heartbeats in the Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the benign man with the air of a vicar on-board the plane with Adams and Carwardine in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Bob Wyatt.
(c) Carlos Weber.
(d) Daniel Torres.

2. Mark Carwardine states that the "________ is an incredibly complex system, but when you're actually standing in it, it looks half-empty."
(a) Tundra.
(b) Flatlands.
(c) Primary rain forest.
(d) Grasslands.

3. All of the following marine creatures are more poisonous than anything on land except for which of the following?
(a) Barracuda.
(b) Scorpion fish.
(c) Sea snakes.
(d) Stonefish.

4. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
(a) 15.
(b) 3.
(c) 32.
(d) 10.

5. According to Adams, who was a field researcher in Goma who has for years been responsible for gorilla conservation work in the area.
(a) Chen Peixun.
(b) David Pratt.
(c) Conrad Aveling.
(d) Bill Peabody.

Short Answer Questions

1. The currency-declaration forms that Adams and Carwardine had to fill out in Zaire had the heading ________, crossed out, with "Zaire" written instead in pencil.

2. According to the narrator in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, where in Zaire do the mountain gorillas live?

3. Adams informs the reader that a young female gorilla called ________, caught her hand in a wire antelope snare and eventually died of septicemia in August 1988.

4. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.

5. According to Douglas Adams, there are ________ species of lemurs on Madagascar.

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