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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Nothing Like a Pig," what season was it?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

2. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

4. When were boars introducted to New Hampshire?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1860s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1880s.

5. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Flying ants.
(d) Swallows.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?

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

5. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?

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