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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 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?
(a) Mr. Condo.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Robert.
(d) Kiri.

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

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

4. Twig Technology states that at the end of the last century, ________ took over Madagascar.
(a) Peru.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an extremely experienced and knowledgeable zoologist who was working at that time for the World Wildlife Fund?

2. The narrator explains in Twig Technology that monkeys are ambitious and interested in all sorts of things, especially ________, with which they found they could do all kinds of things that they couldn't do by themselves.

3. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?

4. 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 ________.'"

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

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