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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Arab's specially-trained and muzzled dog?
(a) Boss.
(b) Clifford.
(c) Meatloaf.
(d) Rover.

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

3. 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.

4. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. According to Adams, what species is one of man's closest living relatives?
(a) Orangutan.
(b) Mountain gorilla.
(c) Lemur.
(d) Gibbon.

6. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.
(a) Hostel.
(b) Cabin.
(c) Losmen.
(d) Penthouse.

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

8. Who are the two stereotypically superior, young German tourists in Zaïre who go with Adams and Carwardine on their search for mountain gorillas?
(a) Murara and Serundori.
(b) Helmut and Kurt.
(c) Arab and Zhou.
(d) Kes and Fraser.

9. 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) Kivu.
(b) Kinshasa.
(c) Bandundu.
(d) Goma.

10. Douglas Adams informs the reader that every other shop in Zaire is a ________.
(a) Pharmacie.
(b) Gas station.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Bakery.

11. Who was the photographer on the plane with Adams in Twig Technology?
(a) Alain le Garsmeur.
(b) Condo Subagyo.
(c) Chris Muir.
(d) Don Merton.

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

13. Carwardine told Adams before going to bed in the chapter, Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, to turn his boots upside-down and shake them in the morning for what reason?
(a) Scorpions.
(b) Ticks.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Spiders.

14. 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) 1988.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1990.

15. 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) Blue Antelope.
(c) Ostrich.
(d) Cape Warthog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?

3. What was the name of the Scotsman from DOC that accompanied Adams and Carwardine in the chapter,Heartbeats in the Night?

4. Who was the BBC producer who recorded Adams and Carwardine's exploits for a radio documentary series?

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

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