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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?

3. In "Inspector Calls," how old was the son of prospective tenants?

4. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?

5. How many times will the queen of a common black ant mate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nathalie Cabrol?

2. How does the author describe a column of flying ants?

3. How does the author say that field guides need to be learned to read?

4. What does the author say that winter woods can teach her?

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

6. When does the author like to walk in the woods, and what have her experiences been like?

7. What type of collection did the author have when she was small?

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

9. Who did the author interview in "The Student's Tale"?

10. What expedition did Macdonald go on with Nathalie Cabrol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the author suffer from migraines from time to time? How would her life be put on hold during a migraine? Why were migraines so debilitating?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and the author?

Essay Topic 3

Why was the author struggling with knowing what season it was? How did the hares signal to her that it was spring? How and why did the author connect hares to the coming of spring?

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