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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?
(a) Canada.
(b) United States.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Australia.

2. When was Cabrol the chief scientist on a team testing an experimental rover in the Atacama Desert?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2001.

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

4. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?
(a) 19,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 41,000.

5. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2015.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?

4. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?

5. What does a boyfriend show Macdonald in the woods in "Nothing Like a Pig"?

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