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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cherry Stones to What Animals Taught Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?
(a) About 5 square miles.
(b) 2 square miles.
(c) 7 square miles.
(d) Almost 4 square miles.

2. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?
(a) 60 days.
(b) 110 days.
(c) 55 days.
(d) 80 days.

3. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?
(a) Under a bridge over the River Thames.
(b) Under a bridge over the River Lyne.
(c) Backyard.
(d) Woods.

4. How many nests might a single cuckoo lay eggs?
(a) As many as 12.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) Around 10.

5. At the end of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," what was the last fungus that the author spotted?
(a) Common stinkhorn.
(b) Chanterelle.
(c) Cauliflower fungus.
(d) Crab brittlegills.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far might loggerhead turtles swim from their feeding grounds of Mexico?

2. In "Deer in the Headlights," what was the name of Macdonald's friend who hit a deer?

3. How many chickens did Macdonald say were killed by humans every year in "Dispatches from the Valleys"?

4. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?

5. What did the wavelength of transmitted radar waves shorten to when they started getting radar reflections of birds?

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