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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Dr. Sutherland explains that the most poisonous spider is the ________, which bites about five hundred people a year.
(a) Black Widow.
(b) Brown Recluse.
(c) Tarantulas.
(d) Sydney Funnel-web.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poachers does Murara claim to have shot dead?

2. What was the name of the Scotsman from DOC that accompanied Adams and Carwardine in the chapter,Heartbeats in the Night?

3. Who is said to be one of the most experienced helicopter pilots in the world, according to the narrator?

4. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?

5. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three animals are the most poisonous? Explain.

2. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.

3. Describe the Komodo dragons found in chapter Here Be Chickens.

4. Analyze the title of Heartbeats in the Night.

5. Analyze Don Merton as described by Adams in Heartbeats in the Night.

6. Discuss the French control over Madagascar and the spelling of Antananarivo.

7. Analyze the Northern White rhinoceros of Czechoslovakia.

8. Discuss the irony Adams saw surrounding the history of lemurs.

9. What problem arose while Mark Carwardine was arranging travel plans with the Ambassador in Brussels?

10. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.

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