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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to The Student's Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the refugee do for the New Year in "The Student's Tale"?
(a) Hid in his room.
(b) Told stories.
(c) Went to the park and sang songs.
(d) Played with children.

2. When were boars introducted to New Hampshire?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1860s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1880s.

3. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?
(a) Hope.
(b) Home.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

4. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?
(a) Sandhill cranes.
(b) Wattled cranes.
(c) Black crowned cranes.
(d) Eurasian cranes.

5. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?

2. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?

3. How old was Macdonald in 1976?

4. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?

5. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?

(see the answer key)

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