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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. In Here Be Chickens, room service told Adams and Carwardine that the ________ would be a handy thing to have when looking for man-eating lizards.
(a) Tomahawk.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Cricket bat.
(d) Bow and arrow.

2. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

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

4. Douglas Adams explains that "one of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for ________."
(a) Animal droppings.
(b) Animal breeding.
(c) Animal hair.
(d) Animal fossils.

5. The children on Labuan Bajo in chapter Here Be Chickens were playing with a one-legged ________.
(a) Dog.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Cat.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people meet Adams and Carwardine at the airport who are described as small, willowy-slim, healthy looking Indonesians?

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

3. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?

4. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?

5. Douglas Adams expressed that when people talk of "darkest Africa," it's usually ________ they have in mind.

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