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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ants to Hares.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Peru.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Chile.

2. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 45.
(d) 60.

3. In "Human Flock," where was the author?
(a) Poland.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Austria.
(d) Czech Republic.

4. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1940s and 1950s.
(c) 1920s and 1930s.
(d) 1920s.

5. When Macdonald watched birds migrating with Farnsworth in "High-Rise," about how many birds were there per cubic mile?
(a) 1,000 to 2,000.
(b) 760.
(c) 500 to 900.
(d) 890.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?

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

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

4. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?

5. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?

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