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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heartbeats in the Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.
(a) Blue Antelope.
(b) Cape Warthog.
(c) Lava Mouse.
(d) Ostrich.

2. What item did the pharmacie's in Zaire not carry that bewildered Adams in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?
(a) Band-aids.
(b) Advil.
(c) Guns.
(d) Toothpaste.

3. According to Mark Carwardine, there are only _______ Kakapos still alive.
(a) 40.
(b) 90.
(c) 20.
(d) 390.

4. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
(a) 10.
(b) 32.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

5. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.
(a) Marajó.
(b) Sulawesi.
(c) Labuan Bajo.
(d) Borneo.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?

2. What was the name of the benign man with the air of a vicar on-board the plane with Adams and Carwardine in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?

3. What is the name of Arab's specially-trained and muzzled dog?

4. The first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the Zaire customs hut was a picture of a ________.

5. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.

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