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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mark's Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.
(a) Golden Minx.
(b) Drowned princess.
(c) Golden calf.
(d) Bronze monkey.

2. Who was the charming man with a squarish face, a shock of wavy black hair, and a thick black mustache that sat on his lip like a bar of chocolate?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Mr. Condo.
(c) Robert.
(d) Kiri.

3. According to a letter Carwardine received, at 08.45 hours on ________, one of the dog handlers, Alan Munn, and his English Setter, 'Ari' located a new female kakapo near Lees Knob.
(a) November 9, 1998.
(b) September 4, 1999.
(c) July 24, 1977.
(d) August 25, 1989.

4. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?
(a) 7438.
(b) 15.
(c) 200.
(d) 1000.

5. What was the name of the Mauritius kestrel who was in love with Carl Jones?
(a) Tweetie.
(b) Pink.
(c) Flappy.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adams expresses that if you took the whole of ________, scrunched it up a bit, shook out all the moose and reindeer, hurled it ten thousand miles around the world, and filled it with birds, then you'd be wasting your time, because it looks as if someone has already done it.

2. Adams informs the reader that a young female gorilla called ________, caught her hand in a wire antelope snare and eventually died of septicemia in August 1988.

3. A unique feature revealed by Adams about the baiji is that it is half ________.

4. What was the name of the sugar estate's elderly gatekeeper and eccentric Mauritian who would not let anybody through his gate without a permit?

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

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