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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

3. Where did the author like to walk before nightfall every New Year's Day?
(a) Tekels Park.
(b) Fields behind her home.
(c) City streets.
(d) Woods.

4. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Once.

5. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?
(a) Eaves trough.
(b) Evergreen tree.
(c) Prarie grasses.
(d) Forsythia bush.

6. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?
(a) Around 15,000 feet.
(b) 13,749 feet.
(c) About 14,000 feet.
(d) 11,984 feet.

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

8. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?
(a) 25%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 35%.

9. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1787.

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

11. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
(a) 198.
(b) 361.
(c) 274.
(d) 411.

12. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Bluebirds.
(b) Herring gulls.
(c) Nuthatches.
(d) Barn swallows.

13. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?
(a) Wattled cranes.
(b) Sandhill cranes.
(c) Black crowned cranes.
(d) Eurasian cranes.

14. During the expedition where the author joined Cabrol, how many hours a night was Cabrol sleeping?
(a) 2 or so.
(b) 4 or 5.
(c) About 3.
(d) 2 or 3.

15. In "Human Flock," where was the author?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czech Republic.
(c) Austria.
(d) Hungary.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?

2. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?

3. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?

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. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?

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