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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) Bill Black.
(b) Mr. Condo.
(c) Boss.
(d) Gary "Arab" Aburn.

2. Mark Carwardine said in Twig Technology that the Ambassador in ________ promised that the Ministry of Agriculture would be able to give them two Land Rovers and a helicopter.
(a) Brussels.
(b) Boaco.
(c) Bissau.
(d) Bakki.

3. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.
(a) Irish alcohol industry.
(b) American tourist industry.
(c) Brazilian martial art industry.
(d) British motorbike industry.

4. What was the name of the benign man with the air of a vicar on-board the plane with Adams and Carwardine in the chapter, Heartbeats in the Night?
(a) Don Merton.
(b) Bob Wyatt.
(c) Daniel Torres.
(d) Carlos Weber.

5. In Twig Technology, the narrator states that the Aye-aye is a ________ lemur.
(a) Nocturnal.
(b) Marine.
(c) Amphibious.
(d) Marsupial.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. According to Adams, what happens to all cats born in Labuan Bajo?

4. 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 ________.'"

5. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Analyze and describe the Kakapo.

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

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

6. Are Komodo dragons man-eaters? Explain.

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

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

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

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

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