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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 "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

2. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?

3. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

4. Where did Cabrol study for her Ph.D?

5. When did Cabrol watch a television documentary about the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

2. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?

3. How can a total solar eclipse wreaks havoc on the senses?

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

5. How might birds make nests with human objects?

6. When does the author like to walk in the woods, and what have her experiences been like?

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

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

9. How long did the author have to ride out her migraines, and how did she finally get relief?

10. What did a boyfriend show Macdonald in "Nothing Like a Pig," and how did Macdonald describe the creature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the author struggling with knowing what season it was? How did the hares signal to her that it was spring? How and why did the author connect hares to the coming of spring?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the Vesper Flights? Why is it not biography?

Essay Topic 3

The author observed falcons nesting at an abandoned power station. Why did peregrine falcons begin nesting in cities and other urban areas? What did the change in habitat for their nests reveal about adaptation?

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