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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Observatory to Berries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were at the passport office in "Murmurations"?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 34.

2. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 9.

3. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?
(a) Twice.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) Once.

4. Where did the author like to walk before nightfall every New Year's Day?
(a) City streets.
(b) Tekels Park.
(c) Fields behind her home.
(d) Woods.

5. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Windy.
(c) Raining.
(d) Partly cloudy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?

2. In "A Cuckoo in the House," over the past quarter of a century, how many cuckoos had been lost?

3. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?

4. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?

5. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?

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