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?
(a) Scorpions.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Ticks.
(d) Spiders.

2. The first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the Zaire customs hut was a picture of a ________.
(a) Leopard.
(b) Aye-aye.
(c) Komodo dragon.
(d) Baiji river dolphin.

3. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Cats.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Lions.

4. Douglas Adams expressed that when people talk of "darkest Africa," it's usually ________ they have in mind.
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Zaire.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Republic of the Congo.

5. 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?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Robert.
(c) Mr. Condo.
(d) Kiri.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town did Adams and Carwardine discover that even when making internal flights in Zaire, you still had to go through the full rigmarole of immigration and customs controls all over again?

2. Douglas Adams was a self-proclaimed writer of humorous ________.

3. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?

4. Douglas Adams reveals that there is a good living to be made in Bali from pointing at ________.

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

(see the answer key)

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