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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the BBC producer who recorded Adams and Carwardine's exploits for a radio documentary series?
(a) Gaynor Shutte.
(b) Gary "Arab" Aburn.
(c) Zhou Kaiya.
(d) Michael Green.

2. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.
(a) Sydney Funnel-web.
(b) Brown Recluse.
(c) Black Widow.
(d) Tarantulas.

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

4. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.
(a) Woodpeckers.
(b) Indri.
(c) Dwarf lemur.
(d) Flying fox.

5. Twig Technology says that the Kakapo lives in what country?
(a) New Finland.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) New Guinea.
(d) New Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?

2. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?

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

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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