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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the benign man with the air of a vicar on-board the plane with Adams and Carwardine in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Carlos Weber.
(c) Bob Wyatt.
(d) Daniel Torres.

2. 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."
(a) 1588.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1492.

3. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?
(a) Moa.
(b) Kakapo.
(c) Elephant birds.
(d) Dodo.

4. What is the name of the mountain parrots that are very intelligent, with long curved beaks and distinctive wing beats in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Congo Peafowl.
(b) The Kea.
(c) Gray-necked Rockfowl.
(d) Bird-of-Paradise.

5. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

6. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.
(a) Shasmecka.
(b) Hieronymus.
(c) Amadeus.
(d) Tineka Jawana.

7. In Here Be Chickens, room service told Adams and Carwardine that the ________ would be a handy thing to have when looking for man-eating lizards.
(a) Tomahawk.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Cricket bat.
(d) Bow and arrow.

8. In the beginning of Twig Technology, the narrator reveals that he went to what country?
(a) Bali.
(b) Mindanao.
(c) New Guinea.
(d) Madagascar.

9. What was the name of the Scotsman from DOC that accompanied Adams and Carwardine in the chapter,Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Bruce harris.
(b) Juan Carlos Cardenas.
(c) Ron Tindall.
(d) Boss.

10. Mark Carwardine said in Twig Technology that the Ambassador in ________ promised that the Ministry of Agriculture would be able to give them two Land Rovers and a helicopter.
(a) Bissau.
(b) Boaco.
(c) Bakki.
(d) Brussels.

11. Douglas Adams informs the reader that every other shop in Zaire is a ________.
(a) Bakery.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Gas station.
(d) Pharmacie.

12. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?
(a) Kinkajou.
(b) White Lion.
(c) Komodo dragon.
(d) Squirrel monkey.

13. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.
(a) Brown Recluse.
(b) Sydney Funnel-web.
(c) Black Widow.
(d) Tarantulas.

14. Who was the photographer on the plane with Adams in Twig Technology?
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Alain le Garsmeur.
(c) Chris Muir.
(d) Condo Subagyo.

15. Mark Carwardine states that the "________ is an incredibly complex system, but when you're actually standing in it, it looks half-empty."
(a) Tundra.
(b) Grasslands.
(c) Primary rain forest.
(d) Flatlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?

2. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.

3. 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?

4. Who is the Zaire's ex-colonial master?

5. Chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat asserts that the other ________ are the gorillas, of which there are ________ subspecies.

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