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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. According to Carwardine, what does a Kakapo tracker do when there aren't any Kakapo that need tracking?
(a) They kill cats.
(b) They eat and sleep.
(c) They breed.
(d) They kill alligators.

2. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?
(a) The long-fingered possum.
(b) Echidna.
(c) Capybara.
(d) Okapi.

3. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?
(a) Ring-tailed.
(b) Alaotran Gentle.
(c) Aye-aye.
(d) Fat-Tailed Dwarf.

5. Who was the man in Melbourne who Adams claim knew more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth?
(a) Dr. Jean Astruc.
(b) Dr. Christiaan Barnard
(c) Dr. Struan Sutherland.
(d) Dr. Charles R. Drew.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?

2. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that the Aye-aye is a ________ lemur.

3. According to Douglas Adams, there are ________ species of lemurs on Madagascar.

4. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.

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

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