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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) Tweetie.
(b) Pink.
(c) Flappy.
(d) Blue.

2. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.
(a) Penthouse.
(b) Hostel.
(c) Cabin.
(d) Losmen.

3. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that the Aye-aye is a ________ lemur.
(a) Marine.
(b) Amphibious.
(c) Marsupial.
(d) Nocturnal.

4. Douglas Adams reveals that the country eventually changed its name from the Belgian Congo to Zaire in what year?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1984.

5. Who are the two stereotypically superior, young German tourists in Zaïre who go with Adams and Carwardine on their search for mountain gorillas?
(a) Helmut and Kurt.
(b) Arab and Zhou.
(c) Murara and Serundori.
(d) Kes and Fraser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?

2. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?

3. Who was the warden of Little Barrier Island?

4. Adams and Carwardine entered the Tiananmen Square on ________.

5. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.

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