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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost, But Catching Up to Sunbirds and Cashmere Spheres.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Deer in the Headlights," what book did the author buy?
(a) Understanding Deer.
(b) The Hidden Life of Deer.
(c) An Anthology of Deer.
(d) The Radiant Lives of Deer.

2. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?
(a) Cats.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Reindeer.

3. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?
(a) 50.
(b) 100s.
(c) 11.
(d) 4.

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

5. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?
(a) United States.
(b) Canada.
(c) Australia.
(d) New Zealand.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were boars introducted to New Hampshire?

2. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?

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

4. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?

5. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?

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