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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) 19,643 feet.
(b) Almost 19,000 feet.
(c) Nearly 20,000 feet.
(d) 18,704 feet.

2. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 315,000.
(c) Around 200,000.
(d) About 150,000.

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

4. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?
(a) Home.
(b) Hope.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

5. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?
(a) Birch.
(b) Alders.
(c) Dutch elm.
(d) Ash.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Inspector Calls," how old was the son of prospective tenants?

2. In "Berries," when did the author say was the last time that she and her mother saw wax-wings?

3. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?

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

5. How many people were at the passport office in "Murmurations"?

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