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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Congo Peafowl.
(b) The Kea.
(c) Bird-of-Paradise.
(d) Gray-necked Rockfowl.

2. Who was an extremely experienced and knowledgeable zoologist who was working at that time for the World Wildlife Fund?
(a) Gaynor.
(b) Mark Carwardine.
(c) Kiri.
(d) Douglas Adams.

3. ________, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, ________, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, according to Douglas Adams.
(a) Cape Town / South Africa.
(b) Machu Picchu / Peru.
(c) Great Barrier Reef / Australia.
(d) Fiordland / New Zealand.

4. According to Adams, the term "fed up" actually comes from ________.
(a) Falconry.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aristotle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to be one of the most experienced helicopter pilots in the world, according to the narrator?

2. Douglas Adams expressed that when people talk of "darkest Africa," it's usually ________ they have in mind.

3. Chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat asserts that the other ________ are the gorillas, of which there are ________ subspecies.

4. What term used in Rare, or Medium Rare describes when a bird hatches from its egg and falls in love with the first thing that feeds it?

5. What animal does not breed well in captivity, according to Carwardine in Mark's Epilogue?

(see the answer key)

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