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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1891.

2. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?
(a) Bank.
(b) Supermarket.
(c) Library.
(d) Work.

3. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1997.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?

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

3. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?

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

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

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