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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 Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.
(a) Indri.
(b) Woodpeckers.
(c) Dwarf lemur.
(d) Flying fox.

2. ________, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, ________, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, according to Douglas Adams.
(a) Fiordland / New Zealand.
(b) Machu Picchu / Peru.
(c) Great Barrier Reef / Australia.
(d) Cape Town / South Africa.

3. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?
(a) Feeking.
(b) Brooding.
(c) Sleuthing.
(d) Grooming.

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

5. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?
(a) Okapi.
(b) The long-fingered possum.
(c) Capybara.
(d) Echidna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.

2. Douglas Adams reveals that there is a good living to be made in Bali from pointing at ________.

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

4. Adams states that when Captain Cook saw New Zealand from the sea in ________, he recorded that "inland as far as the eye can see the peaks are crowded together as to scarcely admit any valleys between them."

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

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