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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Nuthatches.
(b) Bluebirds.
(c) Barn swallows.
(d) Herring gulls.
2. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?
(a) 2 square miles.
(b) 7 square miles.
(c) Almost 4 square miles.
(d) About 5 square miles.
3. 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) Peru.
(c) Chile.
(d) Colombia.
4. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?
(a) Honeybee Robotics.
(b) Sphero.
(c) Zipline.
(d) Simbe Robotics.
5. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?
(a) 9 acres.
(b) 4 acres.
(c) 11 acres.
(d) 17 acres.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
2. When did the author work at a falcon-breeding center in Wales?
3. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?
4. What did the son of prospective tenants carry with him when he and his parents looked at a place to rent in "Inspector Calls"?
5. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who did the author interview in "The Student's Tale"?
2. What does the author say are the pros and cons of electronic field guides?
3. Why does the author believe that science and literature are needed to document extinctions?
4. When did the author first see boxing hares, and what did she learn about them?
5. What did a boyfriend show Macdonald in "Nothing Like a Pig," and how did Macdonald describe the creature?
6. How can a total solar eclipse wreaks havoc on the senses?
7. How does the author describe a column of flying ants?
8. With whom and how did the author hunt for mushrooms in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?
9. How might birds make nests with human objects?
10. What expedition did Macdonald go on with Nathalie Cabrol?
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