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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. Adams expresses that if you took the whole of ________, scrunched it up a bit, shook out all the moose and reindeer, hurled it ten thousand miles around the world, and filled it with birds, then you'd be wasting your time, because it looks as if someone has already done it.
(a) Greenland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Finland.
(d) Sweden.

2. According to Adams, there are ________ Northern White rhinoceros in Czechoslovakia.
(a) 8.
(b) 57.
(c) 90.
(d) 21.

3. Who was the man in Melbourne who Adams claim knew more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth?
(a) Dr. Struan Sutherland.
(b) Dr. Charles R. Drew.
(c) Dr. Jean Astruc.
(d) Dr. Christiaan Barnard

4. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.
(a) Blue Antelope.
(b) Lava Mouse.
(c) Cape Warthog.
(d) Ostrich.

5. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the point of view of the book, Last Chance to See?

3. According to Adams, who was a field researcher in Goma who has for years been responsible for gorilla conservation work in the area.

4. Chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat asserts that the other ________ are the gorillas, of which there are ________ subspecies.

5. What was the name of the two smooth characters dressed in military camouflage and black berets, who slouched across the table languidly caressing their rifles in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?

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