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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blind Panic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two people meet Adams and Carwardine at the airport who are described as small, willowy-slim, healthy looking Indonesians?
(a) Bill and Scout.
(b) Stella and Liam.
(c) Tori and Dean.
(d) Kiri and Moose.

2. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.
(a) Amadeus.
(b) Shasmecka.
(c) Tineka Jawana.
(d) Hieronymus.

3. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?
(a) Timothy.
(b) Snark.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Luke.

4. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.
(a) Poisonous plants.
(b) Poisonous frogs.
(c) Poisonous wasps.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

5. Who was the man in Melbourne who Adams claim knew more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth?
(a) Dr. Jean Astruc.
(b) Dr. Charles R. Drew.
(c) Dr. Christiaan Barnard
(d) Dr. Struan Sutherland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?

3. Adams details that the gateway to the Forbidden City, the ________ Gate, is where the great iconic portrait of Chairman Mao gazed out across the vastness of the Tiananmen Square.

4. When did Chairman Mao proclaim the founding of the People's Republic of China?

5. Who was the premier expert on the endangered baiji described as a polite, kindly man about 60 years old, working at Nanjing University?

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