1. When was Cabrol the chief scientist on a team testing an experimental rover in the Atacama Desert?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2004.

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

3. When was the first of the modern field guides published?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1927.

4. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. How long was the journey to catch all the swans on the upper reaches of the River Thames?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 7 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?

2. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?

3. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?

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

5. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?

(see the answer key)

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