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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 different plant species ae found in Australia?

2. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?

3. In "Nothing Like a Pig," what season was it?

4. What did the refugee do for the New Year in "The Student's Tale"?

5. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What were Wunderkammer and when were they popular?

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

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

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

Swifts were birds that could fly for months at a time. Why did the author compare swifts to aliens? When would swifts rise and fly high in the sky? Why were these called vesper flights? What was the purpose of vesper flights?

Essay Topic 3

Macdonald went for a walk with her brother and niece at Wicken Fen. Why did Macdonald’s niece think all the wildlife had been brought to the fen? Why did Macdonald comment that her niece had been raised in a green desert? How did that account for the girl’s surprise that animals could exist in the wild outside of zoos?

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