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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 24-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which college did Plucky play football?
(a) Texas Tech.
(b) California Tech.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Duke University.

2. Why did Amanda try to orchestrate a mass-smuggling of butterfly larva into the U.S.?
(a) She was dissatisfied with the lack of butterfly species in the country.
(b) She was going to sell them as drugs.
(c) She was afraid that they would become extinct.
(d) She was hoping to find the perfect butterfly wings.

3. What did Amanda once hide inside a hollow tree in order to trick woodpeckers into pecking the tree?
(a) A ticking clock.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A fake bird.
(d) A stash of food.

4. Why do the rednecks at the bar disapprove of the circus?
(a) They do not approve of the circus as entertainment.
(b) They believe they are dealing drugs to the populace.
(c) They find hippies to immoral.
(d) They believe they are practicing Satanists.

5. Why does Mon Cul bite one of the rednecks?
(a) Mon Cul thought that Plucky was about to be attacked.
(b) The man tries to feed Mon Cul a banana.
(c) Mon Cul overheard their plans to hurt John Paul.
(d) The man moves too quickly for the startled baboon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Plucky forced to outrun a knife-wielding man?

2. For what baked good does Amanda become famous?

3. With what animal did John Paul Zimmer return to Washington after his studies in Paris?

4. What is John Paul's preferred method of transit?

5. Aside from his renowned sculptures, for what else did Zimmer have a stellar reputation?

(see the answer key)

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