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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.
(a) Flying fox.
(b) Woodpeckers.
(c) Indri.
(d) Dwarf lemur.

2. Chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat asserts that the other ________ are the gorillas, of which there are ________ subspecies.
(a) Exotic Apes / 9.
(b) Threatened Apes / 2.
(c) Great Apes / 3.
(d) Albino Apes / 6.

3. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Left earlobe.
(b) Upper lip.
(c) Nose.
(d) Right forefinger.

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

5. In the chapter Here Be Chickens, Adam and Carwardine board a boat that was a twenty-three-foot fishing vessel called the ________.
(a) Castaway.
(b) Allegro.
(c) Bonita.
(d) Raodah.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?

3. Adams informs the reader that a young female gorilla called ________, caught her hand in a wire antelope snare and eventually died of septicemia in August 1988.

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

5. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.

Short Essay Questions

1. Illustrate the other two people sharing the hut with Adams and Carwardine in the Virunga Volcanoes.

2. Discuss the poaching problem described in the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

3. What is Kakapo Castle, which is found in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night?

4. Explain the significance of "darkest Africa," as seen in the chapter Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

5. What three animals are the most poisonous? Explain.

6. What peculiar thing happened to Adams in Twig Technology?

7. Explain the term "habituating," as described in the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

8. Discuss the irony Adams saw surrounding the history of lemurs.

9. Discuss the French control over Madagascar and the spelling of Antananarivo.

10. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.

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