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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 the warden's wife on Little Barrier Island's?
(a) Mike.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Christina.
(d) Gabrielle.

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

3. What guide did Adams and Carwardine expect to have in the chapter Here Be Chickens?
(a) Gary "Arab" Aburn.
(b) Mr. Condo.
(c) Boss.
(d) Bill Black.

4. What is the name of the mountain parrots that are very intelligent, with long curved beaks and distinctive wing beats in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Congo Peafowl.
(b) The Kea.
(c) Bird-of-Paradise.
(d) Gray-necked Rockfowl.

5. Twig Technology declared that there are less than ________ Northern White rhinos left, and there's a desperate battle going on to save them from the poachers.
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

6. What term was used Heartbeats of the Night to describe an animal who doesn't like other animals?
(a) Bashful creature.
(b) Shy creature.
(c) Solitary creature.
(d) Lonely creature.

7. According to Adams, who was a field researcher in Goma who has for years been responsible for gorilla conservation work in the area.
(a) Chen Peixun.
(b) David Pratt.
(c) Conrad Aveling.
(d) Bill Peabody.

8. 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) Bow and arrow.
(b) Cricket bat.
(c) Tomahawk.
(d) Pepper spray.

9. All of the following marine creatures are more poisonous than anything on land except for which of the following?
(a) Barracuda.
(b) Scorpion fish.
(c) Sea snakes.
(d) Stonefish.

10. 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) Kiri.
(b) Robert.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Mr. Condo.

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

12. According to the narrator in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, where in Zaire do the mountain gorillas live?
(a) Cold Bay Volcano.
(b) The Virunga Volcanoes.
(c) Buldir Volcano.
(d) Amak Volcano.

13. Douglas Adams expressed that when people talk of "darkest Africa," it's usually ________ they have in mind.
(a) Zaire.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Republic of the Congo.
(d) Ethiopia.

14. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
(a) 10.
(b) 32.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

15. Where are the Northern White rhinos located, according to Adams and Carwardine?
(a) Zaire.
(b) Zambia.
(c) Swaziland.
(d) Zimbabwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas Adams informs the reader that every other shop in Zaire is a ________.

2. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.

3. In Heartbeats in the Night, Douglas Adams wonders why so many words that describe what the sun does in the morning begin with the letters "________."

4. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.

5. What was the first animal Adams and Carwardine looked for in Here Be Chickens?

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