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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cherry Stones to What Animals Taught Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What forest did the author visit in "Eulogy"?
(a) Morfe Forest.
(b) King's Forest.
(c) St. Leonard's Forest.
(d) Forest of Arden.

2. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Partly cloudy.
(b) Windy.
(c) Raining.
(d) Snowing.

3. What date did the author observe swan upping?
(a) July 1.
(b) July 9.
(c) July 23.
(d) July 19.

4. In "Rescue," how long ago did Judith rescue her first swift chick?
(a) 21 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 17 years.

5. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?
(a) 17th centry.
(b) 15th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 14th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?

3. When did Stanley Spencer leave the painting Swan Upping at Cookham unfinished in his bedroom?

4. In "Eulogy," by what time did the sun set?

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

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