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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. Since the European Union banned imports of birds in 2005, how much had the international trade in wild birds declined?
(a) 70%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 85%.

2. In "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1920s and 1930s.
(d) 1940s and 1950s.

3. When did the author mention that most deer-vehicle collisions occured?
(a) Between 8 p.m. and midnight.
(b) Between nightfall and midnight and just before dawn.
(c) Just after sunset.
(d) Just before dawn.

4. When was the Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek, California, founded?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1965.

5. The year that the author referenced in "Rescue," how many swifts had Judith cared for?
(a) Around 30.
(b) 40.
(c) At least 25.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Storm," what birds did the author see when driving?

2. How many birds are at the Bird Fair, Britain's premier birding event?

3. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

4. How many more women than men, according to the author in "Symptomatic", experience migraines?

5. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?

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