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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. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?
(a) Nosy Mangabe.
(b) Sainte-Marie.
(c) Mahajanga.
(d) Ambohimahamasina.

2. 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) Track and bowl system.
(b) Convergent evolution.
(c) Checks and balances.
(d) Dashed unit ball.

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

4. What was the name of the man who gets passengers in his Land Rover to answer questions by watching them rather than the dangerous road until they respond?
(a) Jurgen Langer.
(b) Richard Lewis.
(c) Roberto Lira.
(d) John Clements.

5. What was the name of the spectacular remnant of the days when Shanghai was one of the most glamorous and cosmopolitan ports in the world?
(a) The Hampton Hotel.
(b) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(c) The Peace Hotel.
(d) The Hilton Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Adams explains that all the history of China is symbolically focused at the ________.

3. What term used in Rare, or Medium Rare describes when a bird hatches from its egg and falls in love with the first thing that feeds it?

4. When asked in chapter Blind Panic "are you feeling nervous about something," Adams replies, "________."

5. What was the name of the Mauritius kestrel who was in love with Carl Jones?

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