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

2. A little-known fact revealed in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night, is that one of the more dangerous animals in Africa is the ________.
(a) Lava Mouse.
(b) Ostrich.
(c) Blue Antelope.
(d) Cape Warthog.

3. 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?
(a) Mr. Condo.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Robert.
(d) Kiri.

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

5. Adams states that when Captain Cook saw New Zealand from the sea in ________, he recorded that "inland as far as the eye can see the peaks are crowded together as to scarcely admit any valleys between them."
(a) 1492.
(b) 1588.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Zaire's ex-colonial master?

2. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.

3. Chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat asserts that the other ________ are the gorillas, of which there are ________ subspecies.

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

5. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the remarkable feature of the Aye-aye that both Adams and Carwardine analyzed.

2. Illustrate the other two people sharing the hut with Adams and Carwardine in the Virunga Volcanoes.

3. What extraordinary thing happened to both Adams and Carwardine in Twig Technology?

4. What major evolutionary change passed Madagascar, according to Adams?

5. Discuss the poaching problem described in the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

6. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.

7. Analyze the title of Heartbeats in the Night.

8. Explain the significance of "darkest Africa," as seen in the chapter Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

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

10. Describe the Kea, as discussed in Heartbeats in the Night.

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