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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?
(a) Nearly 30.
(b) 36.
(c) 24.
(d) About 15.
2. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?
(a) Prarie grasses.
(b) Evergreen tree.
(c) Eaves trough.
(d) Forsythia bush.
3. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) June.
4. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1984.
5. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?
2. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?
3. In "The Student's Tale," what did the refugee do when he learned that the School for Clinical Medicine was closed?
4. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?
5. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe a column of flying ants?
2. Why does the author believe that science and literature are needed to document extinctions?
3. How long did the author have to ride out her migraines, and how did she finally get relief?
4. What is the danger of picking mushrooms to eat?
5. How can a total solar eclipse wreaks havoc on the senses?
6. What expedition did Macdonald go on with Nathalie Cabrol?
7. When does the author remember having visual disturbances with a migraine, and how did she handle them?
8. How does the author say that field guides need to be learned to read?
9. What type of collection did the author have when she was small?
10. When were boars illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean, and how did the forest commission try to manage them?
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