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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sifting through the Embers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the Mauritius kestrel who was in love with Carl Jones?
(a) Blue.
(b) Tweetie.
(c) Flappy.
(d) Pink.

2. When asked in chapter Blind Panic "are you feeling nervous about something," Adams replies, "________."
(a) China.
(b) Heights.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Flying.

3. All of the following people are mentioned in the book Last Chance to See, except for who?
(a) Alain le Garsmeur.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Charles.
(d) Diego.

4. Carwardine told Adams before going to bed in the chapter, Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, to turn his boots upside-down and shake them in the morning for what reason?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Ticks.

5. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?
(a) Snark.
(b) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Timothy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas Adams explains that "one of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for ________."

2. What was the name of the spectacular remnant of the days when Shanghai was one of the most glamorous and cosmopolitan ports in the world?

3. What was the name of the two smooth characters dressed in military camouflage and black berets, who slouched across the table languidly caressing their rifles in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?

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

5. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.

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