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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. According to Adams in the first sentence of chapter Blind Panic, ________ are the things you don't know you're making.
(a) Excuses.
(b) Procrastination.
(c) Lies.
(d) Assumptions.

2. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?
(a) 7438.
(b) 200.
(c) 15.
(d) 1000.

3. What is the name of a plant or animal that is native to an island or region and is found nowhere else at all?
(a) Threatened species.
(b) Endangered species.
(c) Exotic species.
(d) Endemic species.

4. Douglas Adams was a self-proclaimed writer of humorous ________.
(a) Romance fiction.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

5. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?
(a) Kinkajou.
(b) Squirrel monkey.
(c) Komodo dragon.
(d) White Lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for the six remaining books?

2. 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 ________.'"

3. 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?

4. What was the name of the brilliant, but mad Welshman in his late 30s, who loves birds to the point of obsession?

5. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.

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