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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was an extremely experienced and knowledgeable zoologist who was working at that time for the World Wildlife Fund?
(a) Mark Carwardine.
(b) Kiri.
(c) Douglas Adams.
(d) Gaynor.

2. According to the narrator in Twig Technology, in ________, by some sort of journalistic accident, the narrator went to look for an almost extinct animal.
(a) 1988.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1973.

3. Adams and Carwardine also received a letter from Kes Hillman-Smith in Zaire, saying that ________ baby Northern White rhinos had been born in Garamba since they left, bringing the total population up to ________.
(a) 4 / 8.
(b) 10 / 11.
(c) 8 / 20.
(d) 3 / 25.

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

5. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.
(a) Tsiroanomandidy.
(b) Ambalavao.
(c) Arivonimamo.
(d) Tananarive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?

2. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.

3. What was the name of the village in the foothills of the Virungas, which marks the point where the road finally gives up, and from which Adams and Carwardine had to travel on by foot?

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."

5. Adams and Carwardine entered the Tiananmen Square on ________.

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