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

2. Carwardine told Adams before going to bed in the chapter, Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, to turn his boots upside-down and shake them in the morning for what reason?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Ticks.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Snakes.

3. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. Which two people meet Adams and Carwardine at the airport who are described as small, willowy-slim, healthy looking Indonesians?
(a) Kiri and Moose.
(b) Tori and Dean.
(c) Bill and Scout.
(d) Stella and Liam.

5. Mark Carwardine explains that there are more _________ per square meter of ground on Komodo than in any equivalent area on earth.
(a) Poisonous wasps.
(b) Poisonous frogs.
(c) Poisonous snakes.
(d) Poisonous plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Douglas Adams, there are no ________ in Madagascar or in Papua New Guinea.

2. Who was the warden of Little Barrier Island?

3. 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."

4. What part of Arab's body was the kakapo holding lightly, but firmly in its bill in Heartbeats in the Night?

5. According to Mark Carwardine, there are only _______ Kakapos still alive.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What peculiar thing happened to Adams in Twig Technology?

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

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

5. Explain the term "habituating," as described in the chapter, Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

6. How does Adams answer the big question: "How on earth has the Kakapo managed to last this long?"

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

8. What is one of the more dangerous animals in Africa, according to Adams? Explain.

9. Compare and contrast Adams' view of Bali to that of David Attenborough's.

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

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