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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare, or Medium Rare?.

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) Cape Warthog.
(b) Lava Mouse.
(c) Blue Antelope.
(d) Ostrich.

2. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.
(a) Poisonous frogs.
(b) Poisonous plants.
(c) Poisonous wasps.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

3. What bird in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night does Adams say he was destined never to find out anything more about while on his way to the warden's lodge?
(a) The Peregrine Falcon.
(b) The White-cheeked Bulbul.
(c) The Emu.
(d) The little blue penguin.

4. What does DOC stand for as it relates to the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Documentation of Compliance.
(b) Department of Conservation.
(c) Department of Corrections.
(d) Department of Commerce.

5. Adams and Carwardine entered the Tiananmen Square on ________.
(a) August 1972.
(b) October 1988.
(c) July 1990.
(d) January 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Carwardine, what does a Kakapo tracker do when there aren't any Kakapo that need tracking?

2. Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat informs the reader that by the ________ independence movements were sweeping across Africa.

3. What was the name of the Mauritius kestrel who was in love with Carl Jones?

4. The chapter Blind Panic explains that the baiji dolphin was first discovered in ________.

5. Adams explains that all the history of China is symbolically focused at the ________.

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