Vesper Flights Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Helen Macdonald
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Vesper Flights Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1889.

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

3. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

4. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1853.

5. What did the refugee do for the New Year in "The Student's Tale"?
(a) Played with children.
(b) Hid in his room.
(c) Told stories.
(d) Went to the park and sang songs.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

11. Where did Cabrol study for her Ph.D?
(a) Penn State.
(b) Sorbonne.
(c) University of Washington.
(d) University of Edinburgh.

12. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?
(a) 41,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 19,000.
(d) 23,000.

13. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?
(a) Eurasian cranes.
(b) Wattled cranes.
(c) Sandhill cranes.
(d) Black crowned cranes.

14. In "Eclipse," how old was the author when she first planned to see a total solar eclipse?
(a) Late 20s.
(b) Early 30s.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) Early 20s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Macdonald in 1976?

2. In "Human Flock," where was the author?

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

4. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?

5. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?

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