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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter Blind Panic, Adams and Carwardine made a diversion to see an ________ farm, from which they got chased by police on the grounds that they didn't have appropriate permits.
(a) Alligator.
(b) Dolphin.
(c) Pig.
(d) Fish.

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 are the two stereotypically superior, young German tourists in Zaïre who go with Adams and Carwardine on their search for mountain gorillas?
(a) Murara and Serundori.
(b) Kes and Fraser.
(c) Helmut and Kurt.
(d) Arab and Zhou.

4. According to Mark Carwardine, a staggering ________ have been found and identified so far.
(a) 9.5 million.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 1 billion.
(d) 1.4 million.

5. What term describes the process by which the bird cleans its beak of meat after eating, by rubbing it along a branch?
(a) Feeking.
(b) Brooding.
(c) Sleuthing.
(d) Grooming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mark Carwardine says that Mauritius was originally colonized by the _______.

3. What was the name of the man who gets passengers in his Land Rover to answer questions by watching them rather than the dangerous road until they respond?

4. Twig Technology says that the Kakapo lives in what country?

5. In Heartbeats in the Night, Douglas Adams wonders why so many words that describe what the sun does in the morning begin with the letters "________."

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