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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. What is the name of the arrogant Frenchman in chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, who Adams, Carwardine and Richard detest instantly?
(a) Jacques.
(b) David.
(c) Liu.
(d) Ivan.

2. The Chapter Rare, or Medium Rare states that in the Indian Ocean on an island called Mauritius there was a very rare bird, perhaps the rarest of all ________, called the Mauritius Kestrel.
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Falcons.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Hawks.

3. 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."
(a) 1588.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1492.

4. What term used in Rare, or Medium Rare describes when a bird hatches from its egg and falls in love with the first thing that feeds it?
(a) Genus.
(b) Polymorphisim.
(c) Radula.
(d) Imprinting.

5. What does Adams claim to be the most famous of all the animals on Mauritius?
(a) Gentle dove.
(b) Aardvark.
(c) Bush baby.
(d) Meerkat.

Short Answer Questions

1. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.

2. What was Richard Lewis' profession?

3. What does DOC stand for as it relates to the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?

4. Carl Jones expresses that he hates ________ in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

5. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?

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