1. Which environment alone contains half the world's species of animals and plants, according to Carwardine?
(a) Rain Forests.
(b) Deserts.
(c) Tundras.
(d) Grasslands.

2. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.
(a) Shasmecka.
(b) Tineka Jawana.
(c) Amadeus.
(d) Hieronymus.

3. Mark Carwardine explains that the ________, which was once the most common bird that ever lived on earth was hunted to extinction in little more than fifty years.
(a) Flying Squirrels.
(b) Chinese Water Dragons.
(c) Passenger pigeon.
(d) African Clawed Frogs.

4. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.
(a) Salt.
(b) Cinnamon.
(c) Pepper.
(d) Sugar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The population of Chatham Island robins was down to one pregnant female, but the dedication of ________ and his team saved the species from extinction according to Mark's Epilogue.

2. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?

3. Don Merton phoned Carwardine to tell him that a newly made kakapo nest had been found on ________.

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

5. According to Adams, what happens to all cats born in Labuan Bajo?

(see the answer key)

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