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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. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Windy.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Partly cloudy.
(d) Raining.
2. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1997.
(d) 2001.
3. According to research scientist Jason Chapman, how many insects could pass over a square mile of English farmland in one month?
(a) About 8 billion.
(b) 6 billion.
(c) 9 1/4 billion.
(d) Over 7 1/2 billion.
4. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Flying ants.
5. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
(a) 274.
(b) 411.
(c) 361.
(d) 198.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?
2. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?
3. What was a chaffinch nest made from that the author collected in "Nests"?
4. What did the refugee do for the New Year in "The Student's Tale"?
5. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?
Short Essay Questions
1. What expedition did Macdonald go on with Nathalie Cabrol?
2. What did the author say about the "Tribute of Light" and its danger to birds?
3. What did a boyfriend show Macdonald in "Nothing Like a Pig," and how did Macdonald describe the creature?
4. When does the author remember having visual disturbances with a migraine, and how did she handle them?
5. What does the author say are the pros and cons of electronic field guides?
6. What type of collection did the author have when she was small?
7. With whom and how did the author hunt for mushrooms in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
8. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?
9. What is the danger of picking mushrooms to eat?
10. How does the author describe a column of flying ants?
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