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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 Macdonald watched birds migrating with Farnsworth in "High-Rise," about how many birds were there per cubic mile?
(a) 1,000 to 2,000.
(b) 890.
(c) 500 to 900.
(d) 760.

2. How high were herring gulls flying in "Ants"?
(a) Rooftop and 100s of feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 200 feet.
(d) Rooftop height.

3. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1980s.

4. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?
(a) Cigarette butts.
(b) Twine.
(c) Lengths of wire.
(d) Underwear stolen from washing lines.

5. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?
(a) 11,200 feet.
(b) 9,700 feet.
(c) 10 to 12,000 feet.
(d) 5 to 6,000 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?

2. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?

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

4. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?

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

3. What does the author say that winter woods can teach her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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