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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1773.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1492.

2. According to Mark Carwardine, there are only _______ Kakapos still alive.
(a) 40.
(b) 390.
(c) 20.
(d) 90.

3. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?
(a) White Lion.
(b) Kinkajou.
(c) Komodo dragon.
(d) Squirrel monkey.

4. According to the narrator in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, where in Zaire do the mountain gorillas live?
(a) Buldir Volcano.
(b) The Virunga Volcanoes.
(c) Cold Bay Volcano.
(d) Amak Volcano.

5. The chapter Blind Panic explains that the baiji dolphin was first discovered in ________.
(a) Xingkai Lake.
(b) Lugu Lake.
(c) Baiyangdian Lake.
(d) Dong Ting Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?

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

3. According to Adams, there are ________ Northern White rhinoceros in Czechoslovakia.

4. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.

5. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.

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