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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. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.
(a) Tiger Rattlesnake / Africa.
(b) Western Cottonmouth / United States.
(c) Indian Cobra / Australia.
(d) Northern Rubber Boa / Asia.

2. What was Richard Lewis' profession?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Paleontologist.
(c) Zoologist.
(d) Ornithologist

3. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?
(a) Two small boys.
(b) Kiri.
(c) Four chickens.
(d) A goat.

4. Who knows more about Kakapos than anyone else in the world, according to Adams?
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Chen Peixun.
(c) Doreen Montgomery.
(d) Jean-Jacques Petter.

5. What was the name of the sugar estate's elderly gatekeeper and eccentric Mauritian who would not let anybody through his gate without a permit?
(a) John.
(b) Jeff.
(c) James.
(d) Jerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ are the white trails along cliffs where a bird has been sitting, according to chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

2. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?

3. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?

4. What was the name of the non-round island near Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean?

5. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.

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