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

2. In winter, where do European swifts spend a few month in winter?
(a) Over the forests and fields of the Congo.
(b) On their breeding grounds.
(c) Their nests.
(d) Near the Nile.

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

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

5. Where did the author like to see swans in the winter?
(a) Welney.
(b) Slimbridge.
(c) Caerlaverock.
(d) Martin Mere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Julian Huxley says that if you did not know birds you did not know your country?

3. How old was Macdonald in 1976?

4. After swifts leave their nest hole, how long will they fly?

5. When was the Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek, California, founded?

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