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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. What term did Adam heard bandied about by New Zealand zoologists, and they had bandied it about so casually that he did not want to say the he hadn't the faintest idea what they were talking about?
(a) Checks and balances.
(b) Dashed unit ball.
(c) Convergent evolution.
(d) Track and bowl system.

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

3. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.
(a) Snake / 7.
(b) Llama / 6.
(c) Camel / 2.
(d) Goat / 3.

4. According to the narrator in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, where in Zaire do the mountain gorillas live?
(a) The Virunga Volcanoes.
(b) Amak Volcano.
(c) Cold Bay Volcano.
(d) Buldir Volcano.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The children on Labuan Bajo in chapter Here Be Chickens were playing with a one-legged ________.

2. ________, 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.

3. Who knows more about Kakapos than anyone else in the world, according to Adams?

4. Mark Carwardine states that the "________ is an incredibly complex system, but when you're actually standing in it, it looks half-empty."

5. Douglas Adams expressed that when people talk of "darkest Africa," it's usually ________ they have in mind.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Kakapo Castle, which is found in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night?

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

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

5. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.

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

7. Describe the Aye-aye discussed in chapter Twig Technology.

8. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.

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

10. Define primary rain forest and its importance to the ecological system.

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