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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?
(a) Simbe Robotics.
(b) Honeybee Robotics.
(c) Zipline.
(d) Sphero.

3. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1948.

4. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) Almost 19,000 feet.
(b) Nearly 20,000 feet.
(c) 19,643 feet.
(d) 18,704 feet.

5. How high were herring gulls flying in "Ants"?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) Rooftop and 100s of feet.
(d) Rooftop height.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?

2. In "Human Flock," where was the author?

3. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?

4. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?

5. At the end of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," what was the last fungus that the author spotted?

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