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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. What does DOC stand for as it relates to the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Department of Corrections.
(b) Department of Conservation.
(c) Documentation of Compliance.
(d) Department of Commerce.

2. 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) Kinshasa.
(b) Kivu.
(c) Bandundu.
(d) Goma.

3. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?
(a) Ambohimahamasina.
(b) Nosy Mangabe.
(c) Sainte-Marie.
(d) Mahajanga.

4. Which two people meet Adams and Carwardine at the airport who are described as small, willowy-slim, healthy looking Indonesians?
(a) Stella and Liam.
(b) Kiri and Moose.
(c) Bill and Scout.
(d) Tori and Dean.

5. Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat informs the reader that by the ________ independence movements were sweeping across Africa.
(a) 1950's.
(b) 1980's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1960's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the warden of Little Barrier Island?

2. 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.

3. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?

4. What item did the pharmacie's in Zaire not carry that bewildered Adams in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?

5. What was the name of the BBC sound engineer that accompanied Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the lack of woodpeckers in Madagascar?

2. How does Adams answer the big question: "How on earth has the Kakapo managed to last this long?"

3. What extraordinary thing happened to both Adams and Carwardine in Twig Technology?

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

5. Analyze the title of Heartbeats in the Night.

6. Explain Dr. Struan Sutherland's answer to the question: What does one do when bitten by a poisonous snake?

7. What confession does Adams make in Heartbeats in the Night?

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

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

10. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.

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