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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Here Be Chickens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Douglas Adams, there are ________ species of lemurs on Madagascar.
(a) 200.
(b) 21.
(c) 1000.
(d) 49.

2. According to Adams, what happens to all cats born in Labuan Bajo?
(a) They are sold on the black market.
(b) They have their tails docked.
(c) They are killed.
(d) They are shipped to Europe.

3. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

5. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.
(a) Western Cottonmouth / United States.
(b) Indian Cobra / Australia.
(c) Northern Rubber Boa / Asia.
(d) Tiger Rattlesnake / Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What guide did Adams and Carwardine expect to have in the chapter Here Be Chickens?

2. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.

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

4. Who was the charming man with a squarish face, a shock of wavy black hair, and a thick black mustache that sat on his lip like a bar of chocolate?

5. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.

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