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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?
(a) Evergreen tree.
(b) Forsythia bush.
(c) Prarie grasses.
(d) Eaves trough.

4. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?
(a) 10 billion.
(b) 75 million.
(c) About 100 million.
(d) More than a billion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?

2. How old was Nathalie Cabrol when she watched the first moon landing on television?

3. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?

4. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?

5. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

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