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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. In "Human Flock," where was the author?
(a) Austria.
(b) Czech Republic.
(c) Poland.
(d) Hungary.

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

3. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Nuthatches.
(b) Bluebirds.
(c) Herring gulls.
(d) Barn swallows.

4. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Flying ants.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Swallows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?

2. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

3. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?

4. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?

5. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe a column of flying ants?

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

3. What did a boyfriend show Macdonald in "Nothing Like a Pig," and how did Macdonald describe the creature?

4. What does the author say are the pros and cons of electronic field guides?

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

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

7. How long did the author have to ride out her migraines, and how did she finally get relief?

8. What expedition did Macdonald go on with Nathalie Cabrol?

9. How does the author say that field guides need to be learned to read?

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

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