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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. According to research scientist Jason Chapman, how many insects could pass over a square mile of English farmland in one month?
(a) 9 1/4 billion.
(b) 6 billion.
(c) Over 7 1/2 billion.
(d) About 8 billion.

2. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?
(a) Supermarket.
(b) Library.
(c) Bank.
(d) Work.

3. 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.

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

5. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1940s and 1950s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1920s and 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast can hares run?

2. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?

3. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?

4. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?

5. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

Short Essay Questions

1. When were boars illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean, and how did the forest commission try to manage them?

2. Who did the author interview in "The Student's Tale"?

3. When does the author remember having visual disturbances with a migraine, and how did she handle them?

4. What symptoms did the author have preceeding a migraine?

5. What type of collection did the author have when she was small?

6. With whom and how did the author hunt for mushrooms in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

7. How did boars spread after being introducted to New Hampshire in the 1890s?

8. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?

9. Where did the author and her parents live when she was five, in 1976, and what did the author love to explore there?

10. How can a total solar eclipse wreaks havoc on the senses?

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