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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. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?

2. In "Inspector Calls," how old was the son of prospective tenants?

3. How fast can hares run?

4. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?

5. According to research scientist Jason Chapman, how many insects could pass over a square mile of English farmland in one month?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

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

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

4. How might birds make nests with human objects?

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

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

7. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the author suffer from migraines from time to time? How would her life be put on hold during a migraine? Why were migraines so debilitating?

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

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?

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