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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?
(a) Cigarette butts.
(b) Twine.
(c) Lengths of wire.
(d) Underwear stolen from washing lines.

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

3. How high were herring gulls flying in "Ants"?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) Rooftop and 100s of feet.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) Rooftop height.

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

5. When Macdonald watched birds migrating with Farnsworth in "High-Rise," about how many birds were there per cubic mile?
(a) 760.
(b) 500 to 900.
(c) 890.
(d) 1,000 to 2,000.

6. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?
(a) 17th centry.
(b) 15th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 16th century.

7. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?
(a) 4 times.
(b) Twice.
(c) 3 times.
(d) Once.

8. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
(a) Partly cloudy.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Raining.
(d) Windy.

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

10. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?
(a) 11 acres.
(b) 17 acres.
(c) 9 acres.
(d) 4 acres.

11. How old was Nathalie Cabrol when she watched the first moon landing on television?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

12. When was Cabrol the chief scientist on a team testing an experimental rover in the Atacama Desert?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2001.

13. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?
(a) 5th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 6th.

14. 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) 30 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?

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

3. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?

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

5. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

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