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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Here Be Chickens.

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) 1973.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

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

3. Douglas Adams was a self-proclaimed writer of humorous ________.
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Historical fiction.
(d) Romance fiction.

4. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.
(a) Northern Rubber Boa / Asia.
(b) Indian Cobra / Australia.
(c) Tiger Rattlesnake / Africa.
(d) Western Cottonmouth / United States.

5. 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. Christiaan Barnard
(c) Dr. Charles R. Drew.
(d) Dr. Struan Sutherland.

Short Answer Questions

1. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.

2. Mark Carwardine said in Twig Technology that the Ambassador in ________ promised that the Ministry of Agriculture would be able to give them two Land Rovers and a helicopter.

3. The children on Labuan Bajo in chapter Here Be Chickens were playing with a one-legged ________.

4. 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?

5. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.

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