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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 Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?
(a) Orangutan.
(b) Mountain gorilla.
(c) Lemur.
(d) Gibbon.

2. In Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.
(a) German / Bubaque.
(b) Christian / Inagua.
(c) Dutch / Narrabri.
(d) Monkey / Antananarivo.

3. Douglas Adams reveals that there is a good living to be made in Bali from pointing at ________.
(a) Buildings.
(b) Houses.
(c) Animals.
(d) Cars.

4. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.
(a) Camel / 2.
(b) Snake / 7.
(c) Llama / 6.
(d) Goat / 3.

5. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?
(a) The long-fingered possum.
(b) Capybara.
(c) Echidna.
(d) Okapi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What guide did Adams and Carwardine expect to have in the chapter Here Be Chickens?

2. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?

3. Where are the Northern White rhinos located, according to Adams and Carwardine?

4. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?

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?

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