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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term was used Heartbeats of the Night to describe an animal who doesn't like other animals?
(a) Lonely creature.
(b) Shy creature.
(c) Bashful creature.
(d) Solitary creature.

3. Who was the premier expert on the endangered baiji described as a polite, kindly man about 60 years old, working at Nanjing University?
(a) Ros Aveling.
(b) Jurgen Langer.
(c) Professor Zhou.
(d) Dr. Hillman-Smith.

4. ________ nest is the first encouraging sign that the kakapo project is actually working according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Jennifer's.
(b) Emma's.
(c) Sara's.
(d) Heather's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?

2. In what town did Adams and Carwardine discover that even when making internal flights in Zaire, you still had to go through the full rigmarole of immigration and customs controls all over again?

3. Who has long been discredited as a bourgeois capitalist running-dog lackey, according to the chapter Blind Panic?

4. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?

5. In what year was the baiji dolphin first discovered, according to Adams in chapter Blind Panic?

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