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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 guide did Adams and Carwardine expect to have in the chapter Here Be Chickens?
(a) Mr. Condo.
(b) Gary "Arab" Aburn.
(c) Bill Black.
(d) Boss.

2. 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 snakes.
(c) Poisonous plants.
(d) Poisonous frogs.

3. 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) Bill and Scout.
(c) Tori and Dean.
(d) Stella and Liam.

4. According to the agent at the Merpati Airlines, there were ________ people booked on Adams and Carwardine's return flight to Bali.
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. Who was the photographer on the plane with Adams in Twig Technology?
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Condo Subagyo.
(c) Alain le Garsmeur.
(d) Chris Muir.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that he flew thirteen hours from ________ to Madagascar.

2. All of the following marine creatures are more poisonous than anything on land except for which of the following?

3. According to the narrator in Twig Technology, in ________, by some sort of journalistic accident, the narrator went to look for an almost extinct animal.

4. The evolutionary change that passed Madagascar by was the arrival of the ________.

5. What was the nearly extinct form of lemur called that Mark and Douglas went to search for in Twig Technology?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.

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

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

9. Describe Kiri and Moose as discussed in the chapter, Here Be Chickens.

10. Compare and contrast Mark Carwardine to Douglas Adams, as described in chapter Twig Technology.

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