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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to The Student's Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?
(a) 110 days.
(b) 55 days.
(c) 60 days.
(d) 80 days.

3. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1990s.

4. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?
(a) 35.
(b) 60.
(c) 45.
(d) 20.

5. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 17th centry.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 15th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Student's Tale," what did the refugee do when he learned that the School for Clinical Medicine was closed?

2. According to research scientist Jason Chapman, how many insects could pass over a square mile of English farmland in one month?

3. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

4. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?

5. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?

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