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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. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Pepper.
(d) Salt.

2. 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) Exotic species.
(c) Endemic species.
(d) Threatened species.

3. Adams explains that once, before New Zealand was inhabited by humans, there were hundreds of thousands of ________.
(a) Aye-ayes.
(b) Komodo dragons.
(c) Kakapos.
(d) Kias.

4. What was the name of the man who gets passengers in his Land Rover to answer questions by watching them rather than the dangerous road until they respond?
(a) Richard Lewis.
(b) Roberto Lira.
(c) Jurgen Langer.
(d) John Clements.

5. 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) Hawks.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Falcons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?

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

3. What was the name of the benign man with the air of a vicar on-board the plane with Adams and Carwardine in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?

4. According to Richard in Rare, or Medium Rare, there are no interesting birds on Reunion because ________.

5. What is the name of the mountain parrots that are very intelligent, with long curved beaks and distinctive wing beats in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?

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