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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. ________, 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.
(a) Cape Town / South Africa.
(b) Great Barrier Reef / Australia.
(c) Fiordland / New Zealand.
(d) Machu Picchu / Peru.

2. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?
(a) Timothy.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Luke.
(d) Snark.

3. What does DOC stand for as it relates to the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Department of Conservation.
(b) Department of Commerce.
(c) Department of Corrections.
(d) Documentation of Compliance.

4. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?
(a) 1950's.
(b) 1980's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1960's.

5. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?
(a) Kakapo.
(b) Dodo.
(c) Elephant birds.
(d) Moa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.

2. What was the name of the two smooth characters dressed in military camouflage and black berets, who slouched across the table languidly caressing their rifles in the chapter Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat?

3. What guide did Adams and Carwardine expect to have in the chapter Here Be Chickens?

4. According to Adams, who was a field researcher in Goma who has for years been responsible for gorilla conservation work in the area.

5. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Analyze and discuss the Great Apes found in the chapter Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

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

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

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

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

8. What confession does Adams make in Heartbeats in the Night?

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

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

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