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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. The narrator explains in Twig Technology that monkeys are ambitious and interested in all sorts of things, especially ________, with which they found they could do all kinds of things that they couldn't do by themselves.
(a) Rocks.
(b) Grass.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Trees.

2. Douglas Adams was a self-proclaimed writer of humorous ________.
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Romance fiction.
(d) Fantasy.

3. What term was used Heartbeats of the Night to describe an animal who doesn't like other animals?
(a) Shy creature.
(b) Bashful creature.
(c) Lonely creature.
(d) Solitary creature.

4. 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) Spiders.
(b) Ticks.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Scorpions.

5. The children on Labuan Bajo in chapter Here Be Chickens were playing with a one-legged ________.
(a) Cat.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Heartbeats in the Night, Douglas Adams wonders why so many words that describe what the sun does in the morning begin with the letters "________."

2. The first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the Zaire customs hut was a picture of a ________.

3. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.

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

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

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