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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How fast can hares run?
(a) 15 miles an hour.
(b) 25 miles an hour.
(c) 30 miles an hour.
(d) 40 miles an hour.
2. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?
(a) Evergreen tree.
(b) Forsythia bush.
(c) Prarie grasses.
(d) Eaves trough.
3. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1980s.
4. When were boars introducted to New Hampshire?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1870s.
5. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Peru.
(c) Chile.
(d) Colombia.
6. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?
(a) Honeybee Robotics.
(b) Simbe Robotics.
(c) Zipline.
(d) Sphero.
7. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 30 years.
8. What did the refugee do for the New Year in "The Student's Tale"?
(a) Told stories.
(b) Played with children.
(c) Went to the park and sang songs.
(d) Hid in his room.
9. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1941.
10. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
(a) 274.
(b) 198.
(c) 361.
(d) 411.
11. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?
(a) Twine.
(b) Lengths of wire.
(c) Underwear stolen from washing lines.
(d) Cigarette butts.
12. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1869.
13. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?
(a) 19,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 41,000.
(d) 30,000.
14. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bats.
(d) Bears.
15. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 5 times.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?
2. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?
3. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
4. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?
5. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?
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