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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. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

3. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?
(a) Camberley, Surrey.
(b) Earlswood, Surrey.
(c) Abbotswood, Surrey.
(d) Maybury, Surrey.

4. How old was Nathalie Cabrol when she watched the first moon landing on television?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

5. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1793.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?

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

4. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?

5. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?

4. Why does the author believe that science and literature are needed to document extinctions?

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

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

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

8. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

9. What type of collection did the author have when she was small?

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

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