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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 Adams, there are ________ Northern White rhinoceros in Czechoslovakia.
(a) 8.
(b) 57.
(c) 21.
(d) 90.
2. What is the name of the mountain parrots that are very intelligent, with long curved beaks and distinctive wing beats in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Gray-necked Rockfowl.
(b) The Kea.
(c) Bird-of-Paradise.
(d) Congo Peafowl.
3. What was the name of the village in the foothills of the Virungas, which marks the point where the road finally gives up, and from which Adams and Carwardine had to travel on by foot?
(a) Angola.
(b) Djibouti.
(c) Bukima.
(d) Eritrea.
4. In the beginning of Twig Technology, the narrator reveals that he went to what country?
(a) Mindanao.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) New Guinea.
(d) Bali.
5. Mark Carwardine explains that the best way to catch a Komodo dragon is to have a ________ that has been dead for ________ days.
(a) Llama / 6.
(b) Goat / 3.
(c) Camel / 2.
(d) Snake / 7.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.
2. The narrator states in the chapter Here Be Chickens, "I knew that if I were a mariner in unknown waters, the first thing I would write on my charts at this moment would be 'Here Be ________.'"
3. What is the name of the tiny, idyllic, rain-forest island just off the northeast coast of Madagascar?
4. What term was used Heartbeats of the Night to describe an animal who doesn't like other animals?
5. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.
2. Describe the Komodo dragons found in chapter Here Be Chickens.
3. Describe the Aye-aye discussed in chapter Twig Technology.
4. Explain the significance of "darkest Africa," as seen in the chapter Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.
5. What confession does Adams make in Heartbeats in the Night?
6. Analyze and discuss the Great Apes found in the chapter Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.
7. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.
8. Explain Dr. Struan Sutherland's answer to the question: What does one do when bitten by a poisonous snake?
9. What is Kakapo Castle, which is found in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night?
10. Analyze Don Merton as described by Adams in Heartbeats in the Night.
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