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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in the chapter Here Be Chickens, "I knew that if I were a mariner in unknown waters, the first thing I would write on my charts at this moment would be 'Here Be ________.'"
(a) Goats.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Monkeys.

2. According to a letter Carwardine received, at 08.45 hours on ________, one of the dog handlers, Alan Munn, and his English Setter, 'Ari' located a new female kakapo near Lees Knob.
(a) August 25, 1989.
(b) September 4, 1999.
(c) July 24, 1977.
(d) November 9, 1998.

3. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?
(a) Cameroon.
(b) Zaire.
(c) Uganda.
(d) Rwanda.

4. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?
(a) Four chickens.
(b) Kiri.
(c) Two small boys.
(d) A goat.

5. Who was the BBC producer who recorded Adams and Carwardine's exploits for a radio documentary series?
(a) Michael Green.
(b) Gaynor Shutte.
(c) Gary "Arab" Aburn.
(d) Zhou Kaiya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a plant or animal that is native to an island or region and is found nowhere else at all?

2. According to the narrator in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, where in Zaire do the mountain gorillas live?

3. ________ are the white trails along cliffs where a bird has been sitting, according to chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

4. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?

5. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.

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