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

2. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?

3. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How might birds make nests with human objects?

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

9. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

10. How does the author say that field guides need to be learned to read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Macdonald discusses the sixth extinction. What is the sixth extinction? Why and how does the author believe science and literature need to communicate what is being lost in the sixth extinction?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or concepts in the essays?

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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