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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. According to Carwardine, the population of the Wild Pink pigeons on Mauritius had ________.
(a) Stayed the same.
(b) Increased to over 50.
(c) Hit zero.
(d) Dropped to fewer than 10.

2. According to the narrator in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, where in Zaire do the mountain gorillas live?
(a) Cold Bay Volcano.
(b) The Virunga Volcanoes.
(c) Buldir Volcano.
(d) Amak Volcano.

3. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?
(a) Two small boys.
(b) Kiri.
(c) Four chickens.
(d) A goat.

4. The first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the Zaire customs hut was a picture of a ________.
(a) Aye-aye.
(b) Komodo dragon.
(c) Baiji river dolphin.
(d) Leopard.

5. How much was the old beggar woman asking for in return for a single book at the end of Sifting Through the Embers?
(a) 10 sacks of diamonds.
(b) 6 sacks of gold.
(c) 16 sacks of gold.
(d) 20 sacks of diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.

2. What was Last Chance to See about?

3. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.

4. According to Douglas Adams, there are ________ species of lemurs on Madagascar.

5. According to Carwardine, there are only ______ elephants left in Africa due to poachers.

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