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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. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?

3. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

4. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?

5. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How might birds make nests with human objects?

4. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

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

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

7. What symptoms did the author have preceeding a migraine?

8. What is the danger of picking mushrooms to eat?

9. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?

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

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

As a child, why did Macdonald not understand how different animals were from her? What did the author discover throughout the years that could and could not be learned from animals?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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