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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.
(a) London.
(b) Germany.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Zealand.

3. Who is the Zaire's ex-colonial master?
(a) The Belgians.
(b) The Canadians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Irish.

4. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Nose.
(b) Right forefinger.
(c) Upper lip.
(d) Left earlobe.

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

6. Mark Carwardine states that the "________ is an incredibly complex system, but when you're actually standing in it, it looks half-empty."
(a) Grasslands.
(b) Primary rain forest.
(c) Tundra.
(d) Flatlands.

7. 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) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 20.

8. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?
(a) Kakapo.
(b) Dodo.
(c) Moa.
(d) Elephant birds.

9. In the chapter Here Be Chickens, Adam and Carwardine board a boat that was a twenty-three-foot fishing vessel called the ________.
(a) Raodah.
(b) Castaway.
(c) Allegro.
(d) Bonita.

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

11. Who was the freelance Kakapo tracker working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation?
(a) Dobby.
(b) Zhou.
(c) Mike.
(d) Arab.

12. Who was the warden of Little Barrier Island?
(a) Mark.
(b) Arab.
(c) Skip.
(d) Dobby.

13. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that the Aye-aye is a ________ lemur.
(a) Marine.
(b) Nocturnal.
(c) Amphibious.
(d) Marsupial.

14. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.
(a) Tananarive.
(b) Ambalavao.
(c) Tsiroanomandidy.
(d) Arivonimamo.

15. Who was the man in Melbourne who Adams claim knew more about poisonous snakes than anyone else on earth?
(a) Dr. Jean Astruc.
(b) Dr. Christiaan Barnard
(c) Dr. Struan Sutherland.
(d) Dr. Charles R. Drew.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.

2. What is the name of Arab's specially-trained and muzzled dog?

3. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.

4. What bird in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night does Adams say he was destined never to find out anything more about while on his way to the warden's lodge?

5. Douglas Adams explains that "one of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for ________."

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