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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. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Snark.
(c) Luke.
(d) Timothy.

2. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.
(a) Lava Mouse.
(b) Ostrich.
(c) Blue Antelope.
(d) Cape Warthog.

3. Douglas Adams reveals that the country eventually changed its name from the Belgian Congo to Zaire in what year?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1962.

4. In what town did Adams and Carwardine discover that even when making internal flights in Zaire, you still had to go through the full rigmarole of immigration and customs controls all over again?
(a) Goma.
(b) Kivu.
(c) Kinshasa.
(d) Bandundu.

5. Adams expresses that if you took the whole of ________, scrunched it up a bit, shook out all the moose and reindeer, hurled it ten thousand miles around the world, and filled it with birds, then you'd be wasting your time, because it looks as if someone has already done it.
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Finland.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Adams, there are ________ Northern White rhinoceros in Czechoslovakia.

2. Mark Carwardine said in Twig Technology that the Ambassador in ________ promised that the Ministry of Agriculture would be able to give them two Land Rovers and a helicopter.

3. Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat informs the reader that by the ________ independence movements were sweeping across Africa.

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

5. Douglas Adams was a self-proclaimed writer of humorous ________.

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