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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. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

2. When did the author mention that most deer-vehicle collisions occured?
(a) Between nightfall and midnight and just before dawn.
(b) Just before dawn.
(c) Between 8 p.m. and midnight.
(d) Just after sunset.

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

4. When did Cabrol watch a television documentary about the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

5. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?
(a) 11,984 feet.
(b) Around 15,000 feet.
(c) About 14,000 feet.
(d) 13,749 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?

3. If there was five seconds between lightning and thunder, how far away would the storm be?

4. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?

5. How old was a cygnet caught in "Swan Upping"?

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