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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cherry Stones to What Animals Taught Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many birds are at the Bird Fair, Britain's premier birding event?
(a) 200 to 300.
(b) 100s.
(c) 40 to 100.
(d) None.

2. From where did the author sometimes hear a tune on her childhood radio?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Slovenia.

3. How many beakfuls of mud might it take a Martin to build a nest?
(a) 1,000 or so.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,500.
(d) About 1,200.

4. When did the author state in "Eulogy," that she met Stu?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1985.

5. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1990s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?

2. When did Macdonald mention that she saw the breath of a fallow buck in "Deer in the Headlights"?

3. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?

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

5. When did the author mention that most deer-vehicle collisions occured?

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