View a FREE sample

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. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?
(a) 10 billion.
(b) More than a billion.
(c) 75 million.
(d) About 100 million.

2. When was Cabrol the chief scientist on a team testing an experimental rover in the Atacama Desert?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2001.

3. When did Luit Buurma begin making radar observations in the Netherlands for flight safety purposes?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

4. According to research scientist Jason Chapman, how many insects could pass over a square mile of English farmland in one month?
(a) About 8 billion.
(b) 6 billion.
(c) Over 7 1/2 billion.
(d) 9 1/4 billion.

5. How old was Macdonald in 1976?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?

2. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?

3. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?

4. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?

5. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 181 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample