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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Twig Technology, the narrator reveals that he went to what country?
(a) New Guinea.
(b) Bali.
(c) Mindanao.
(d) Madagascar.

2. The narrator states in the chapter Here Be Chickens, "I knew that if I were a mariner in unknown waters, the first thing I would write on my charts at this moment would be 'Here Be ________.'"
(a) Dragons.
(b) Goats.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Chickens.

3. 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) 1990.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1985.

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

5. ________ is on the island of Flores and is the nearest port to Komodo.
(a) Borneo.
(b) Labuan Bajo.
(c) Sulawesi.
(d) Marajó.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.

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

5. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?

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