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

2. In "Storm," what birds did the author see when driving?
(a) Geese.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Parakeets.
(d) Swifts.

3. In "Deer in the Headlights," when was there a financial crash?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2008.

4. Where did Eamonn first see a wild peregrine as a child?
(a) Wicklow Mountains.
(b) Dublin gasometer.
(c) Near a waterfall.
(d) Old factory.

5. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?

2. In "Eclipse," how old was the author when she first planned to see a total solar eclipse?

3. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?

4. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?

5. How old was Macdonald when she reared a brood of bullfinches that had fallen from their nest tree?

(see the answer key)

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