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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. When did Cabrol watch a television documentary about the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2002.

2. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?
(a) 60 days.
(b) 55 days.
(c) 110 days.
(d) 80 days.

3. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Windy.
(b) Raining.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Partly cloudy.

4. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?
(a) Home.
(b) Hope.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?

2. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?

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

4. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?

5. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the danger of picking mushrooms to eat?

2. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

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

4. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?

5. When does the author like to walk in the woods, and what have her experiences been like?

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

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

8. How might birds make nests with human objects?

9. What did the author say about the "Tribute of Light" and its danger to birds?

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

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