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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. Who was the freelance Kakapo tracker working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation?
(a) Mike.
(b) Arab.
(c) Zhou.
(d) Dobby.

2. ________ is when a bird shakes its wings and body and is a sign that the bird feels ________.
(a) Rousing / relaxed.
(b) Warbling / sad.
(c) Simpering / lonely.
(d) Yoddeling / scared.

3. Adams and Carwardine entered the Friendship Store in the chapter Blind Panic to purchase what item?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Aftershave.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Souvenirs.

4. 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 kill alligators.
(d) They breed.

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 Four Seasons Hotel.
(b) The Hampton Hotel.
(c) The Hilton Hotel.
(d) The Peace Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.

2. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.

3. When did Chairman Mao proclaim the founding of the People's Republic of China?

4. Douglas Adams explains that "one of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for ________."

5. Adams explains that once, before New Zealand was inhabited by humans, there were hundreds of thousands of ________.

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