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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. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 32.

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

3. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?
(a) Rwanda.
(b) Zaire.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Uganda.

4. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?
(a) The long-fingered possum.
(b) Echidna.
(c) Capybara.
(d) Okapi.

5. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.
(a) Woodpeckers.
(b) Flying fox.
(c) Indri.
(d) Dwarf lemur.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?

2. According to a letter Carwardine received, at 08.45 hours on ________, one of the dog handlers, Alan Munn, and his English Setter, 'Ari' located a new female kakapo near Lees Knob.

3. Adams and Carwardine went to Rodrigues Island to look for what animal?

4. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.

5. What was the name of the Mauritius kestrel who was in love with Carl Jones?

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