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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. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1960's.
(d) 1980's.

2. 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) Ticks.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Spiders.

3. ________ nest is the first encouraging sign that the kakapo project is actually working according to Mark's Epilogue.
(a) Sara's.
(b) Jennifer's.
(c) Heather's.
(d) Emma's.

4. The trips found in Last Chance to See were recorded for ________.
(a) PBS.
(b) Animal Planet.
(c) BBC radio.
(d) Discovery Channel.

5. What is the name of the mountain parrots that are very intelligent, with long curved beaks and distinctive wing beats in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) The Kea.
(b) Congo Peafowl.
(c) Gray-necked Rockfowl.
(d) Bird-of-Paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?

2. What term used in Rare, or Medium Rare describes when a bird hatches from its egg and falls in love with the first thing that feeds it?

3. The first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the Zaire customs hut was a picture of a ________.

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?

5. Who is said to be one of the most experienced helicopter pilots in the world, according to the narrator?

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