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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?
(a) 4.
(b) 11.
(c) 100s.
(d) 50.

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

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

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

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

13. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?
(a) Underwear stolen from washing lines.
(b) Cigarette butts.
(c) Twine.
(d) Lengths of wire.

14. In "Nothing Like a Pig," what season was it?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?

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

3. At the end of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," what was the last fungus that the author spotted?

4. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?

5. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?

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