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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

2. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

5. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1869.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?

2. When was the first of the modern field guides published?

3. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?

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

5. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?

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