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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mark's Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a disturbing letter received by Douglas and Mark from a couple who had been working in China, the couple says that they ate ________.
(a) One Northern White Rhino.
(b) Two Baiji Dolphins.
(c) Three Kakapos.
(d) Two Aye-aye lemurs.

2. Adams discovers that condoms are referred to as a ________ in China.
(a) Sock.
(b) Love glove.
(c) Safety glove.
(d) Rubber-over.

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

4. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Upper lip.
(b) Right forefinger.
(c) Left earlobe.
(d) Nose.

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

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. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.

3. ________, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, ________, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, according to Douglas Adams.

4. Who knows more about Kakapos than anyone else in the world, according to Adams?

5. Mark explains that, "There are so many threatened animals around the world that, at the rate of ________ every ________ weeks, it would have taken Douglas and me more than three hundred years to search for them all."

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