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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. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?
(a) Peru.
(b) Chile.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Argentina.

2. When did the royal ownership of swans date back to?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 14th century.
(c) Around the 11th century.
(d) At least the 12th century.

3. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?
(a) Camberley, Surrey.
(b) Maybury, Surrey.
(c) Abbotswood, Surrey.
(d) Earlswood, Surrey.

4. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?
(a) 17 acres.
(b) 9 acres.
(c) 4 acres.
(d) 11 acres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Eclipse," how old was the author when she first planned to see a total solar eclipse?

2. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?

3. How many eggs will a female glow-worm lay before dying?

4. When did the pesticide DDT decimate peregrine populations?

5. How high were herring gulls flying in "Ants"?

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