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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 19,000.
(d) 41,000.

4. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Reddish-brown.
(b) Creamy white.
(c) Dusky brown.
(d) Wax-yellow.

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

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

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

8. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?
(a) Bank.
(b) Library.
(c) Supermarket.
(d) Work.

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

10. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Bears.
(c) Bats.
(d) Deer.

11. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Peru.
(d) Chile.

12. 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.

13. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?
(a) Honeybee Robotics.
(b) Sphero.
(c) Simbe Robotics.
(d) Zipline.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?

2. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?

3. How old was Nathalie Cabrol when she watched the first moon landing on television?

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

5. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?

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