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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The currency-declaration forms that Adams and Carwardine had to fill out in Zaire had the heading ________, crossed out, with "Zaire" written instead in pencil.
(a) French Territory.
(b) Property of the United States.
(c) District of Columbia.
(d) Belgian Congo.

2. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.
(a) London.
(b) Germany.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Paris.

3. According to Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?
(a) Gibbon.
(b) Orangutan.
(c) Lemur.
(d) Mountain gorilla.

4. 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 "________."
(a) Be.
(b) GI.
(c) Ma.
(d) Sa.

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

6. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
(a) 15.
(b) 32.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

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

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

9. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?
(a) Uganda.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Zaire.

10. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.
(a) Irish alcohol industry.
(b) British motorbike industry.
(c) Brazilian martial art industry.
(d) American tourist industry.

11. 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?
(a) Goma.
(b) Kivu.
(c) Kinshasa.
(d) Bandundu.

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

13. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?
(a) Alaotran Gentle.
(b) Aye-aye.
(c) Fat-Tailed Dwarf.
(d) Ring-tailed.

14. What was the name of the BBC sound engineer that accompanied Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine?
(a) Robert Giusti.
(b) Chris Muir.
(c) Liu Renjun.
(d) John Fontana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Adams, there are ________ Northern White rhinoceros in Czechoslovakia.

2. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.

3. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?

4. 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?

5. Douglas Adams reveals that the country eventually changed its name from the Belgian Congo to Zaire in what year?

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