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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 years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?
(a) 50s.
(b) 37.
(c) 40s.
(d) 42.

3. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?
(a) 1940s and 1950s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1920s and 1930s.

4. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?
(a) 45%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 25%.

5. When Macdonald watched birds migrating with Farnsworth in "High-Rise," about how many birds were there per cubic mile?
(a) 890.
(b) 500 to 900.
(c) 760.
(d) 1,000 to 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

2. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

3. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?

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

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

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