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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Twig Technology, the narrator reveals that he went to what country?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) New Guinea.
(c) Mindanao.
(d) Bali.

2. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?
(a) Ambohimahamasina.
(b) Mahajanga.
(c) Sainte-Marie.
(d) Nosy Mangabe.

3. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.
(a) Cats.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Lions.

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

5. What item did the pharmacie's in Zaire not carry that bewildered Adams in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Guns.
(c) Advil.
(d) Band-aids.

6. ________, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, ________, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, according to Douglas Adams.
(a) Cape Town / South Africa.
(b) Great Barrier Reef / Australia.
(c) Machu Picchu / Peru.
(d) Fiordland / New Zealand.

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

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

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

10. 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.
(a) Bakki.
(b) Boaco.
(c) Bissau.
(d) Brussels.

11. According to Dr. Sutherland, the ________ is the fifteenth deadliest snake in the world, and all the other fourteen are in ________.
(a) Western Cottonmouth / United States.
(b) Northern Rubber Boa / Asia.
(c) Tiger Rattlesnake / Africa.
(d) Indian Cobra / Australia.

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

13. Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat informs the reader that by the ________ independence movements were sweeping across Africa.
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1980's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1960's.

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

15. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?
(a) Aye-aye.
(b) Fat-Tailed Dwarf.
(c) Ring-tailed.
(d) Alaotran Gentle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter Here Be Chickens, Adam and Carwardine board a boat that was a twenty-three-foot fishing vessel called the ________.

2. What does DOC stand for as it relates to the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?

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

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

5. A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a ________.

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