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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost, But Catching Up to Sunbirds and Cashmere Spheres.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1999.

2. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?
(a) 5th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 6th.

3. When did the royal ownership of swans date back to?
(a) At least the 12th century.
(b) 15th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) Around the 11th century.

4. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Flying ants.
(b) Swallows.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Sparrows.

5. How many times has the authoir had visual disturbances with her migraines?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?

2. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?

3. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?

4. At the end of "Deer in the Headlights," what book did the author buy?

5. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?

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