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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. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?
(a) 100 to 150 years old.
(b) 90 years old.
(c) 80 to 100 years old.
(d) 75 years old.

2. In "A Handful of Corn," what creatures did the author's neighbor, Mrs. Leslie-Smith, entice to her garden with cookies?
(a) Moles.
(b) Badgers.
(c) Minks.
(d) Skunks.

3. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?
(a) Dutch elm.
(b) Alders.
(c) Ash.
(d) Birch.

4. What date did the author observe swan upping?
(a) July 19.
(b) July 1.
(c) July 9.
(d) July 23.

5. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?

2. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?

3. In "Deer in the Headlights," when was there a financial crash?

4. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?

5. In what country did the author see a stuffed white stork with its neck piereced by a wooden spear?

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