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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1492.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1588.

2. According to Adams, there are ________ Northern White rhinoceros in Czechoslovakia.
(a) 21.
(b) 8.
(c) 57.
(d) 90.

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

4. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?
(a) 1980's.
(b) 1960's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1950's.

5. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?
(a) The long-fingered possum.
(b) Echidna.
(c) Okapi.
(d) Capybara.

6. 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) GI.
(b) Be.
(c) Ma.
(d) Sa.

7. Douglas Adams reveals that the country eventually changed its name from the Belgian Congo to Zaire in what year?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1971.

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

9. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.
(a) Borneo.
(b) Marajó.
(c) Labuan Bajo.
(d) Sulawesi.

10. Who was the freelance Kakapo tracker working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation?
(a) Mike.
(b) Dobby.
(c) Arab.
(d) Zhou.

11. 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) Trees.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Grass.

12. Where are the Northern White rhinos located, according to Adams and Carwardine?
(a) Zaire.
(b) Swaziland.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Zambia.

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

14. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.
(a) Cabin.
(b) Penthouse.
(c) Hostel.
(d) Losmen.

15. 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) Bird-of-Paradise.
(c) Gray-necked Rockfowl.
(d) The Kea.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Douglas Adams, there are ________ species of lemurs on Madagascar.

2. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.

3. Douglas Adams explains that "one of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for ________."

4. Who was the BBC producer who recorded Adams and Carwardine's exploits for a radio documentary series?

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

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