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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. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?
(a) Under a bridge over the River Thames.
(b) Woods.
(c) Under a bridge over the River Lyne.
(d) Backyard.

2. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?
(a) Digging a tunnel.
(b) Watching birds.
(c) Writing a journal.
(d) Watching rats.

3. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2017.

4. In "Deer in the Headlights," when was there a financial crash?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2008.

5. How fast can hares run?
(a) 30 miles an hour.
(b) 15 miles an hour.
(c) 40 miles an hour.
(d) 25 miles an hour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

3. In "The Observatory," what type of swans did the author observe?

4. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?

5. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?

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