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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heartbeats in the Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Monkeys.
(c) Goats.
(d) Chickens.

3. What term did Adam heard bandied about by New Zealand zoologists, and they had bandied it about so casually that he did not want to say the he hadn't the faintest idea what they were talking about?
(a) Convergent evolution.
(b) Dashed unit ball.
(c) Checks and balances.
(d) Track and bowl system.

4. Who knows more about Kakapos than anyone else in the world, according to Adams?
(a) Doreen Montgomery.
(b) Don Merton.
(c) Chen Peixun.
(d) Jean-Jacques Petter.

5. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.
(a) Lions.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was used Heartbeats of the Night to describe an animal who doesn't like other animals?

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

3. According to Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?

4. The first thing Adams and Carwardine saw in the Zaire customs hut was a picture of a ________.

5. Who is said to be one of the most experienced helicopter pilots in the world, according to the narrator?

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