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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heartbeats in the Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Twig Technology says that the Kakapo lives in what country?
(a) New Guinea.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) New Amsterdam.
(d) New Finland.

3. Who was the warden of Little Barrier Island?
(a) Arab.
(b) Skip.
(c) Dobby.
(d) Mark.

4. Adams states that when Captain Cook saw New Zealand from the sea in ________, he recorded that "inland as far as the eye can see the peaks are crowded together as to scarcely admit any valleys between them."
(a) 1789.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1588.

5. Twig Technology states that at the end of the last century, ________ took over Madagascar.
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Peru.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Twig Technology declared that there are less than ________ Northern White rhinos left, and there's a desperate battle going on to save them from the poachers.

3. Mark Carwardine states that the "________ is an incredibly complex system, but when you're actually standing in it, it looks half-empty."

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

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

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