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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 Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.
(a) Dutch / Narrabri.
(b) Monkey / Antananarivo.
(c) Christian / Inagua.
(d) German / Bubaque.

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

3. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.
(a) Marajó.
(b) Sulawesi.
(c) Labuan Bajo.
(d) Borneo.

4. 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) Bird-of-Paradise.
(b) The Kea.
(c) Gray-necked Rockfowl.
(d) Congo Peafowl.

5. All of the following animals are mentioned in the book, Last Chance to See, except for which of the following?
(a) Aye-aye.
(b) Komodo dragon.
(c) Kakapo.
(d) Mongoose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.

2. Professor Zhou said that ________ in the Yangtze was a major problem for the baiji dolphins, and severely interfered with their echolocation.

3. What is the name of the warden's wife on Little Barrier Island's?

4. Adams informs the reader that ________, from the point of view of the ecology of the Mauritius, is a major problem.

5. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.

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