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

2. After swifts leave their nest hole, how long will they fly?
(a) 2 or 3 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 or 4 years.

3. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?
(a) Around 200,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 315,000.
(d) About 150,000.

4. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) Nearly 20,000 feet.
(b) 19,643 feet.
(c) Almost 19,000 feet.
(d) 18,704 feet.

5. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?
(a) Under a bridge over the River Thames.
(b) Backyard.
(c) Woods.
(d) Under a bridge over the River Lyne.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?

2. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?

3. When did the author work at a falcon-breeding center in Wales?

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

5. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?

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