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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) Forsythia bush.
(b) Prarie grasses.
(c) Evergreen tree.
(d) Eaves trough.

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

3. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Herring gulls.
(b) Bluebirds.
(c) Barn swallows.
(d) Nuthatches.

4. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) July.

5. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 5 times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?

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

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

5. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?

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