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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Observatory to Berries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) Nearly 20,000 feet.
(b) 18,704 feet.
(c) Almost 19,000 feet.
(d) 19,643 feet.

2. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Dusky brown.
(b) Reddish-brown.
(c) Wax-yellow.
(d) Creamy white.

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

4. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?
(a) Charles Waterton.
(b) William Beebe.
(c) Gerald Durrell.
(d) John Burroughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?

2. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?

3. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?

4. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?

5. Where did the author like to walk before nightfall every New Year's Day?

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