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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Cabrol study for her Ph.D?
(a) University of Washington.
(b) University of Edinburgh.
(c) Penn State.
(d) Sorbonne.

2. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1941.

3. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?
(a) 9 acres.
(b) 17 acres.
(c) 4 acres.
(d) 11 acres.

4. When were boars introducted to New Hampshire?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1860s.

5. When did Cabrol watch a television documentary about the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2000.

6. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

7. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?
(a) Around 12.
(b) Over 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

8. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 45.
(d) 60.

9. What did the refugee do for the New Year in "The Student's Tale"?
(a) Hid in his room.
(b) Played with children.
(c) Told stories.
(d) Went to the park and sang songs.

10. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Swallows.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Flying ants.

11. In "Eclipse," how old was the author when she first planned to see a total solar eclipse?
(a) Late 30s.
(b) Early 20s.
(c) Early 30s.
(d) Late 20s.

12. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?
(a) United States.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

13. How fast can hares run?
(a) 40 miles an hour.
(b) 30 miles an hour.
(c) 25 miles an hour.
(d) 15 miles an hour.

14. How high were herring gulls flying in "Ants"?
(a) Rooftop and 100s of feet.
(b) Rooftop height.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) 200 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the son of prospective tenants carry with him when he and his parents looked at a place to rent in "Inspector Calls"?

2. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?

3. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?

4. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?

5. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?

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