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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare, or Medium Rare?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.
(a) Snake / 7.
(b) Llama / 6.
(c) Camel / 2.
(d) Goat / 3.

2. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.
(a) Hostel.
(b) Penthouse.
(c) Losmen.
(d) Cabin.

3. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Nose.
(b) Upper lip.
(c) Left earlobe.
(d) Right forefinger.

4. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?
(a) Elephant birds.
(b) Moa.
(c) Kakapo.
(d) Dodo.

5. Who was the BBC producer who recorded Adams and Carwardine's exploits for a radio documentary series?
(a) Michael Green.
(b) Gaynor Shutte.
(c) Zhou Kaiya.
(d) Gary "Arab" Aburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Arab's specially-trained and muzzled dog?

2. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.

3. Adams and Carwardine went to Rodrigues Island to look for what animal?

4. According to Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?

5. Who knows more about Kakapos than anyone else in the world, according to Adams?

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