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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to The Student's Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
(a) 411.
(b) 361.
(c) 274.
(d) 198.

2. In "Nothing Like a Pig," what season was it?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

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

4. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1889.

5. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?
(a) 5 to 6,000 feet.
(b) 11,200 feet.
(c) 9,700 feet.
(d) 10 to 12,000 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?

2. What did the son of prospective tenants carry with him when he and his parents looked at a place to rent in "Inspector Calls"?

3. When Macdonald watched birds migrating with Farnsworth in "High-Rise," about how many birds were there per cubic mile?

4. When were boars introducted to New Hampshire?

5. What does a boyfriend show Macdonald in the woods in "Nothing Like a Pig"?

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