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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

2. The Chapter Rare, or Medium Rare states that in the Indian Ocean on an island called Mauritius there was a very rare bird, perhaps the rarest of all ________, called the Mauritius Kestrel.
(a) Falcons.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Hawks.

3. Adams and Carwardine went to Rodrigues Island to look for what animal?
(a) Elegant frog.
(b) Fruit bats.
(c) Three-toed sloth.
(d) Spider monkey.

4. Who was the charming man with a squarish face, a shock of wavy black hair, and a thick black mustache that sat on his lip like a bar of chocolate?
(a) Robert.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Kiri.
(d) Mr. Condo.

5. What is the name of the arrogant Frenchman in chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, who Adams, Carwardine and Richard detest instantly?
(a) Liu.
(b) Ivan.
(c) David.
(d) Jacques.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adams informs the reader that a young female gorilla called ________, caught her hand in a wire antelope snare and eventually died of septicemia in August 1988.

2. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.

3. According to Carwardine, what does a Kakapo tracker do when there aren't any Kakapo that need tracking?

4. According to the narrator in Twig Technology, in ________, by some sort of journalistic accident, the narrator went to look for an almost extinct animal.

5. What guide did Adams and Carwardine expect to have in the chapter Here Be Chickens?

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