View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?
(a) 40s.
(b) 37.
(c) 50s.
(d) 42.

2. 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) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?
(a) 60 days.
(b) 110 days.
(c) 55 days.
(d) 80 days.

4. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1991.

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) 500 to 900.
(c) 890.
(d) 760.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?

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

5. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample