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

2. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?
(a) An old teapot.
(b) Old kettle.
(c) Traffic light.
(d) Light pole.

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

4. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?
(a) 4th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 6th.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?

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