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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?
(a) 4.
(b) 50.
(c) 100s.
(d) 11.

2. When did Cabrol watch a television documentary about the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2001.

3. What did the son of prospective tenants carry with him when he and his parents looked at a place to rent in "Inspector Calls"?
(a) Seals.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Sea lions.
(d) Walrus.

4. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?
(a) 9,700 feet.
(b) 5 to 6,000 feet.
(c) 10 to 12,000 feet.
(d) 11,200 feet.

5. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?
(a) Maybury, Surrey.
(b) Abbotswood, Surrey.
(c) Earlswood, Surrey.
(d) Camberley, Surrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?

2. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?

3. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?

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

5. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

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