1. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.
(a) Poisonous frogs.
(b) Poisonous plants.
(c) Poisonous snakes.
(d) Poisonous wasps.

2. All of the following marine creatures are more poisonous than anything on land except for which of the following?
(a) Sea snakes.
(b) Stonefish.
(c) Barracuda.
(d) Scorpion fish.

3. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?
(a) A goat.
(b) Kiri.
(c) Two small boys.
(d) Four chickens.

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

5. 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?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Mr. Condo.
(c) Robert.
(d) Kiri.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in the chapter Here Be Chickens, "I knew that if I were a mariner in unknown waters, the first thing I would write on my charts at this moment would be 'Here Be ________.'"

2. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.

3. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?

4. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?

5. According to Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?

(see the answer key)

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