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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost, But Catching Up to Sunbirds and Cashmere Spheres.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

2. How many beakfuls of mud might it take a Martin to build a nest?
(a) 900.
(b) 1,500.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) 1,000 or so.

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

4. At the end of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," what was the last fungus that the author spotted?
(a) Chanterelle.
(b) Crab brittlegills.
(c) Cauliflower fungus.
(d) Common stinkhorn.

5. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?
(a) Honeybee Robotics.
(b) Simbe Robotics.
(c) Zipline.
(d) Sphero.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Deer in the Headlights," what book did the author buy?

2. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?

3. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?

4. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?

5. What date did the author observe swan upping?

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