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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. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2003.

2. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?
(a) Glow-worms.
(b) Green longhorn moths.
(c) Cockchafters.
(d) Wood-colored beetles.

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

4. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?
(a) India.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Egypt.
(d) South Africa.

5. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2017.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Eamonn first see a wild peregrine as a child?

2. How old was Macdonald in 1976?

3. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?

4. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?

5. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?

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