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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. Where did the author like to walk before nightfall every New Year's Day?
(a) City streets.
(b) Tekels Park.
(c) Woods.
(d) Fields behind her home.

2. In "The Observatory," what did a swan do when it approached Macdonald?
(a) Fell asleep.
(b) Bumped her.
(c) Made a bugle call.
(d) Pushed her.

3. When did the pesticide DDT decimate peregrine populations?
(a) 1950s and 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1940s and 1950s.

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

5. When did the British Trust for Ornithology begin fitting satellite tags to Britsh-trapped cuckoos?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Dispatches from the Valleys," what year did a reality show the author watched remind her of?

3. When was the first time that the author saw a hawfinch?

4. The year that the author referenced in "Rescue," how many swifts had Judith cared for?

5. In "The Falcon and the Tower," where was the author?

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