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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the sugar estate's elderly gatekeeper and eccentric Mauritian who would not let anybody through his gate without a permit?
(a) James.
(b) Jeff.
(c) John.
(d) Jerry.

2. After being rejected by the towns people, the old beggar woman burned ________ books.
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. What does Adams claim to be the most famous of all the animals on Mauritius?
(a) Aardvark.
(b) Gentle dove.
(c) Bush baby.
(d) Meerkat.

4. What story once bothered Douglas Adams when he was young according to the chapter Sifting Through the Embers?
(a) To Build a Fire.
(b) The Gift of the Magi.
(c) The Sibylline books.
(d) A Jury of Her Peers.

5. Douglas Adams explains in the chapter Blind Panic that foreigners are not allowed to ________ in China.
(a) Swim.
(b) Fish.
(c) Drive.
(d) Work.

6. What is the name of the arrogant Frenchman in chapter Rare, or Medium Rare, who Adams, Carwardine and Richard detest instantly?
(a) David.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Liu.
(d) Jacques.

7. The story in the chapter Sifting Through the Embers details a summer, when the people of the city were busy thriving and prospering, a strange ________ arrived at the gates.
(a) Toothless man.
(b) Hairless child.
(c) Dirty witch.
(d) Old beggar woman.

8. What was Richard Lewis' profession?
(a) Zoologist.
(b) Neurologist.
(c) Ornithologist
(d) Paleontologist.

9. According to a disturbing letter received by Douglas and Mark from a couple who had been working in China, the couple says that they ate ________.
(a) Two Aye-aye lemurs.
(b) Two Baiji Dolphins.
(c) Three Kakapos.
(d) One Northern White Rhino.

10. Adams explains that all the history of China is symbolically focused at the ________.
(a) Tiananmen Square.
(b) Reed Flute Cave.
(c) Great Wall.
(d) Summer Palace.

11. Carl Jones expresses that he hates ________ in the chapter Rare, or Medium Rare.
(a) Dogs.
(b) Media people.
(c) Englishmen.
(d) Cats.

12. What was the name of the non-round island near Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean?
(a) Kodiak Island.
(b) Victoria Island.
(c) Baffin Island.
(d) Round Island.

13. After being rejected by the townsmen for the second time, the old beggar woman burned how many more books?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. What was the name of the nearly extinct animal living in the Yangtze River that Adams and Carwardine searching for in Blind Panic?
(a) The Baiji.
(b) The Irrawaddy Dolphin.
(c) The Northern Rightwhale Dolphin.
(d) The Tucuxi.

15. According to Carwardine, there are only ______ elephants left in Africa due to poachers.
(a) 10,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) 250.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Adams and Carwardine need to buy a condom in chapter Blind Panic?

2. What term used in Rare, or Medium Rare describes when a bird hatches from its egg and falls in love with the first thing that feeds it?

3. According to Carwardine, the population of the Wild Pink pigeons on Mauritius had ________.

4. In November ________, Carl found a parakeet nest with three eggs inside.

5. Mark Carwardine says that Mauritius was originally colonized by the _______.

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