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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. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.
(a) Tarantulas.
(b) Sydney Funnel-web.
(c) Brown Recluse.
(d) Black Widow.

2. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.
(a) Appearance..
(b) Shoes.
(c) Television.
(d) Birds.

3. What is the name of the warden's wife on Little Barrier Island's?
(a) Christina.
(b) Mike.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Gabrielle.

4. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.
(a) Sulawesi.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Marajó.
(d) Labuan Bajo.

5. What is the name of a plant or animal that is native to an island or region and is found nowhere else at all?
(a) Endangered species.
(b) Endemic species.
(c) Threatened species.
(d) Exotic species.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the BBC producer who recorded Adams and Carwardine's exploits for a radio documentary series?

3. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.

4. What term did Adam heard bandied about by New Zealand zoologists, and they had bandied it about so casually that he did not want to say the he hadn't the faintest idea what they were talking about?

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

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