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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost, But Catching Up to Sunbirds and Cashmere Spheres.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?
(a) 25%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 35%.

2. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 2 times.

3. Where did the author like to walk before nightfall every New Year's Day?
(a) Fields behind her home.
(b) Woods.
(c) Tekels Park.
(d) City streets.

4. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Creamy white.
(b) Reddish-brown.
(c) Dusky brown.
(d) Wax-yellow.

5. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?
(a) Gerald Durrell.
(b) William Beebe.
(c) John Burroughs.
(d) Charles Waterton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?

2. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?

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

4. What type of swans were on the Thames?

5. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?

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