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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The currency-declaration forms that Adams and Carwardine had to fill out in Zaire had the heading ________, crossed out, with "Zaire" written instead in pencil.
(a) Belgian Congo.
(b) French Territory.
(c) Property of the United States.
(d) District of Columbia.

2. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?
(a) The Irrawaddy Dolphin.
(b) The Baiji.
(c) The Tucuxi.
(d) The Northern Rightwhale Dolphin.

3. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.
(a) Sydney Funnel-web.
(b) Tarantulas.
(c) Brown Recluse.
(d) Black Widow.

4. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.
(a) Penthouse.
(b) Losmen.
(c) Hostel.
(d) Cabin.

5. According to Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?
(a) Mountain gorilla.
(b) Orangutan.
(c) Gibbon.
(d) Lemur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Northern White rhinos located, according to Adams and Carwardine?

2. Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat informs the reader that by the ________ independence movements were sweeping across Africa.

3. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.

4. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.

5. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?

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