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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mark's Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Carlos Weber.
(b) Daniel Torres.
(c) Bob Wyatt.
(d) Don Merton.

2. What does Adams claim to be the most famous of all the animals on Mauritius?
(a) Meerkat.
(b) Aardvark.
(c) Bush baby.
(d) Gentle dove.

3. What is the name of the warden's wife on Little Barrier Island's?
(a) Gabrielle.
(b) Mike.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Christina.

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

5. On Little Barrier Island, several of the males there had been booming for the first time, including a nine-year-old called ________, according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Snark.
(b) Bisquit.
(c) Andi.
(d) Skipper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.

2. Who was the freelance Kakapo tracker working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation?

3. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?

4. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?

5. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.

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