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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Macdonald watched birds migrating with Farnsworth in "High-Rise," about how many birds were there per cubic mile?
(a) 760.
(b) 890.
(c) 500 to 900.
(d) 1,000 to 2,000.

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

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

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

6. In "The Student's Tale," what did the refugee do when he learned that the School for Clinical Medicine was closed?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Sighed.
(c) Swore.
(d) Cried.

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

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

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

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

11. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?
(a) 2 square miles.
(b) 7 square miles.
(c) About 5 square miles.
(d) Almost 4 square miles.

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

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

14. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?
(a) Home.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nothing Like a Pig," what season was it?

2. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?

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

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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