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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare, or Medium Rare?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.
(a) Shoes.
(b) Television.
(c) Appearance..
(d) Birds.

2. According to Richard Lewis, how many echo parakeets are there in the wild?
(a) 15.
(b) 7438.
(c) 200.
(d) 1000.

3. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.
(a) Penthouse.
(b) Cabin.
(c) Hostel.
(d) Losmen.

4. What term did Adam heard bandied about by New Zealand zoologists, and they had bandied it about so casually that he did not want to say the he hadn't the faintest idea what they were talking about?
(a) Checks and balances.
(b) Convergent evolution.
(c) Track and bowl system.
(d) Dashed unit ball.

5. What was the name of the brilliant, but mad Welshman in his late 30s, who loves birds to the point of obsession?
(a) Bill Black.
(b) Peter Guzzardi.
(c) Richard Lewis.
(d) Carl Jones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two people meet Adams and Carwardine at the airport who are described as small, willowy-slim, healthy looking Indonesians?

3. Carl Jones expresses that he hates ________ in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.

4. What is the name of Arab's specially-trained and muzzled dog?

5. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?

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