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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ants to Hares.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1999.

2. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?
(a) Over 11.
(b) 14.
(c) Around 12.
(d) 15.

4. When was the first of the modern field guides published?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1928.

5. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Nuthatches.
(b) Bluebirds.
(c) Barn swallows.
(d) Herring gulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?

2. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?

3. When did the author work at a falcon-breeding center in Wales?

4. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?

5. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?

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