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

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

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) 1869.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1871.

4. What area did Glenn Albrecht mention that became unrecognizable through environmental change?
(a) New South Wales.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Kentucky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?

2. In "Human Flock," where was the author?

3. When did the author hear her first nightingale singing during a storm?

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

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

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