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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare, or Medium Rare?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Adams, what happens to all cats born in Labuan Bajo?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are shipped to Europe.
(c) They have their tails docked.
(d) They are sold on the black market.

3. ________ are the white trails along cliffs where a bird has been sitting, according to chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
(a) Mutes.
(b) Whelp.
(c) Troops.
(d) Streak.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Adams states that there are only ________ bottle palm trees on Round Island.

2. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?

3. 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.

4. 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?

5. What does Adams claim to be the most famous of all the animals on Mauritius?

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