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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?
(a) Bears.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Bats.
(d) Deer.

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

3. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?
(a) 14.
(b) Around 12.
(c) 15.
(d) Over 11.

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

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

6. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?
(a) Library.
(b) Bank.
(c) Work.
(d) Supermarket.

7. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?
(a) About 100 million.
(b) 75 million.
(c) 10 billion.
(d) More than a billion.

8. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Colombia.
(c) Chile.
(d) Peru.

9. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) 19,643 feet.
(b) Almost 19,000 feet.
(c) Nearly 20,000 feet.
(d) 18,704 feet.

10. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

11. How old was Macdonald in 1976?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

12. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?
(a) Evergreen tree.
(b) Prarie grasses.
(c) Eaves trough.
(d) Forsythia bush.

13. When was the first of the modern field guides published?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1927.

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

15. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?
(a) Canada.
(b) United States.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?

2. When did Cabrol watch a television documentary about the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?

3. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?

4. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?

5. What was a chaffinch nest made from that the author collected in "Nests"?

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