Vesper Flights Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Helen Macdonald
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Vesper Flights Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1991.

2. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?
(a) Traffic light.
(b) Light pole.
(c) An old teapot.
(d) Old kettle.

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

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

5. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) August.

6. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Raining.
(b) Partly cloudy.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Windy.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

13. What does a boyfriend show Macdonald in the woods in "Nothing Like a Pig"?
(a) Bank vole.
(b) Fox.
(c) Badger.
(d) Boar.

14. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1889.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?

3. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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