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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Observatory to Berries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After swifts leave their nest hole, how long will they fly?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 or 4 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 2 or 3 years.

2. How old was Nathalie Cabrol when she watched the first moon landing on television?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. When did Maxwell Knight, an intelligence officer, place agents in various organizations?
(a) 1940s to 1980s.
(b) 1920s to 1950s.
(c) 1950s to 1970s.
(d) 1930s to end of World War II.

4. In "Ants," where was the author driving from?
(a) Work.
(b) Supermarket.
(c) Library.
(d) Bank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?

2. When did Julian Huxley says that if you did not know birds you did not know your country?

3. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?

4. How does the author describe the color of chanterelles in "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

5. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?

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