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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost, But Catching Up to Sunbirds and Cashmere Spheres.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high were herring gulls flying in "Ants"?
(a) 300 feet.
(b) Rooftop and 100s of feet.
(c) Rooftop height.
(d) 200 feet.

2. Where did the author see a dunnock nest in "Nests"?
(a) Prarie grasses.
(b) Evergreen tree.
(c) Forsythia bush.
(d) Eaves trough.

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

4. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

5. When did the author work at a falcon-breeding center in Wales?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?

2. How long was the journey to catch all the swans on the upper reaches of the River Thames?

3. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?

4. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?

5. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?

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