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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the chapter Here Be Chickens, Adam and Carwardine board a boat that was a twenty-three-foot fishing vessel called the ________.
(a) Raodah.
(b) Castaway.
(c) Allegro.
(d) Bonita.

3. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.
(a) Tineka Jawana.
(b) Hieronymus.
(c) Amadeus.
(d) Shasmecka.

4. Who was an extremely experienced and knowledgeable zoologist who was working at that time for the World Wildlife Fund?
(a) Gaynor.
(b) Douglas Adams.
(c) Mark Carwardine.
(d) Kiri.

5. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.

2. In Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.

3. Who was the photographer on the plane with Adams in Twig Technology?

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

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

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