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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. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.
(a) Flying fox.
(b) Indri.
(c) Dwarf lemur.
(d) Woodpeckers.

2. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.
(a) Irish alcohol industry.
(b) British motorbike industry.
(c) Brazilian martial art industry.
(d) American tourist industry.

3. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?
(a) The Tucuxi.
(b) The Baiji.
(c) The Northern Rightwhale Dolphin.
(d) The Irrawaddy Dolphin.

4. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. What was the name of the village in the foothills of the Virungas, which marks the point where the road finally gives up, and from which Adams and Carwardine had to travel on by foot?
(a) Djibouti.
(b) Bukima.
(c) Eritrea.
(d) Angola.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the premier expert on the endangered baiji described as a polite, kindly man about 60 years old, working at Nanjing University?

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

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

4. Douglas Adams reveals that the country eventually changed its name from the Belgian Congo to Zaire in what year?

5. In Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.

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