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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. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?

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

3. Where did Macdonald join Cabrol and a team for an expedition to high-altitude desert to test methods of detecting life on Mars?

4. Where did Cabrol study for her Ph.D?

5. At the end of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," what was the last fungus that the author spotted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. With whom and how did the author hunt for mushrooms in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Macdonald went for a walk with her brother and niece at Wicken Fen. Why did Macdonald’s niece think all the wildlife had been brought to the fen? Why did Macdonald comment that her niece had been raised in a green desert? How did that account for the girl’s surprise that animals could exist in the wild outside of zoos?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the Vesper Flights? Why is it not biography?

Essay Topic 3

How did Cabol become interested in planetary studies after watching the first moon landing? How important was research and discovery for her work? Why were research and discovery so important for her work?

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