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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

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

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

5. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?
(a) Cameroon.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Zaire.

6. What was the name of the Scotsman from DOC that accompanied Adams and Carwardine in the chapter,Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Bruce harris.
(b) Boss.
(c) Juan Carlos Cardenas.
(d) Ron Tindall.

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

8. According to Mark Carwardine, there are only _______ Kakapos still alive.
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 390.
(d) 90.

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

10. In Twig Technology, the narrator details how his airplane, full of ________ descendants arrived at ________ airport.
(a) German / Bubaque.
(b) Christian / Inagua.
(c) Monkey / Antananarivo.
(d) Dutch / Narrabri.

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

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

13. The currency-declaration forms that Adams and Carwardine had to fill out in Zaire had the heading ________, crossed out, with "Zaire" written instead in pencil.
(a) Property of the United States.
(b) Belgian Congo.
(c) District of Columbia.
(d) French Territory.

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

15. 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) Bill Peabody.
(c) David Pratt.
(d) Conrad Aveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.

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

3. 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.

4. 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?

5. 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.

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