View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?
(a) 36.
(b) Nearly 30.
(c) About 15.
(d) 24.

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

4. 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.

5. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?
(a) An old teapot.
(b) Traffic light.
(c) Light pole.
(d) Old kettle.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "Field Guides," where was the author observing birds?

2. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?

3. When was the first of the modern field guides published?

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

5. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?

2. When does the author remember having visual disturbances with a migraine, and how did she handle them?

3. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

4. How did boars spread after being introducted to New Hampshire in the 1890s?

5. How can a total solar eclipse wreaks havoc on the senses?

6. Where did the author and her parents live when she was five, in 1976, and what did the author love to explore there?

7. What does the author say are the pros and cons of electronic field guides?

8. What symptoms did the author have preceeding a migraine?

9. What is the danger of picking mushrooms to eat?

10. What did a boyfriend show Macdonald in "Nothing Like a Pig," and how did Macdonald describe the creature?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 887 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample