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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Inspector Calls," how old was the son of prospective tenants?
2. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?
3. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?
4. What does a boyfriend show Macdonald in the woods in "Nothing Like a Pig"?
5. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author say are the pros and cons of electronic field guides?
2. Where did the author and her parents live when she was five, in 1976, and what did the author love to explore there?
3. When does the author like to walk in the woods, and what have her experiences been like?
4. When were boars illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean, and how did the forest commission try to manage them?
5. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?
6. When does the author remember having visual disturbances with a migraine, and how did she handle them?
7. What is the danger of picking mushrooms to eat?
8. What does the author say that winter woods can teach her?
9. How does the author describe a column of flying ants?
10. What symptoms did the author have preceeding a migraine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nature reserves are established to preserve habitats and wildlife. What did Macdonald write about visiting nature reserves? Why did she call them living museums? What benefits and disadvantages were there in establishing and maintaining nature reserves?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and the author?
Essay Topic 3
Field guides are books that help identify plants, animals, insects, fish, rocks, and minerals. Why are field guides important? Why can field guides be challenging to use? What is required to learn how to use a field guide and identify wildlife in nature?
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