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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 was the first of the modern field guides published?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1934.
2. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?
(a) 10 billion.
(b) About 100 million.
(c) 75 million.
(d) More than a billion.
3. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?
(a) 37.
(b) 42.
(c) 40s.
(d) 50s.
4. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 19,000.
(d) 41,000.
5. How old was Nathalie Cabrol when she watched the first moon landing on television?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.
Short Answer Questions
1. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?
2. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
3. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?
4. How fast can hares run?
5. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of collection did the author have when she was small?
2. When does the author remember having visual disturbances with a migraine, and how did she handle them?
3. Why does the author believe that science and literature are needed to document extinctions?
4. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?
5. How long did the author have to ride out her migraines, and how did she finally get relief?
6. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?
7. What did a boyfriend show Macdonald in "Nothing Like a Pig," and how did Macdonald describe the creature?
8. How did boars spread after being introducted to New Hampshire in the 1890s?
9. What does the author say are the pros and cons of electronic field guides?
10. Where did the author and her parents live when she was five, in 1976, and what did the author love to explore there?
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