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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 population of Chatham Island robins was down to one pregnant female, but the dedication of ________ and his team saved the species from extinction according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Bill Black.
(b) Andy Roberts.
(c) Richard Lewis.
(d) Don Merton.

2. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.
(a) Pepper.
(b) Salt.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Sugar.

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

4. On Little Barrier Island, several of the males there had been booming for the first time, including a nine-year-old called ________, according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Andi.
(b) Skipper.
(c) Snark.
(d) Bisquit.

5. What was the name of the spectacular remnant of the days when Shanghai was one of the most glamorous and cosmopolitan ports in the world?
(a) The Hilton Hotel.
(b) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(c) The Peace Hotel.
(d) The Hampton Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.

2. What term was used Heartbeats of the Night to describe an animal who doesn't like other animals?

3. Douglas Adams explains that in the middle of one of the biggest, longest, noisiest, dirtiest thoroughfares in the world lives the reincarnation of a ________.

4. According to Carwardine, the population of the Wild Pink pigeons on Mauritius had ________.

5. In what town did Adams and Carwardine discover that even when making internal flights in Zaire, you still had to go through the full rigmarole of immigration and customs controls all over again?

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