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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Douglas Adams, there are ________ species of lemurs on Madagascar.
(a) 49.
(b) 1000.
(c) 200.
(d) 21.

2. Who was the man in Melbourne who Adams claim knew more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth?
(a) Dr. Jean Astruc.
(b) Dr. Charles R. Drew.
(c) Dr. Struan Sutherland.
(d) Dr. Christiaan Barnard

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

4. Douglas Adams expressed that when people talk of "darkest Africa," it's usually ________ they have in mind.
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Republic of the Congo.
(c) Zaire.
(d) Nigeria.

5. 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.
(a) Cricket bat.
(b) Tomahawk.
(c) Bow and arrow.
(d) Pepper spray.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Twig Technology, in ________, by some sort of journalistic accident, the narrator went to look for an almost extinct animal.

2. Chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat asserts that the other ________ are the gorillas, of which there are ________ subspecies.

3. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.

4. What was the name of the two smooth characters dressed in military camouflage and black berets, who slouched across the table languidly caressing their rifles in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?

5. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.

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