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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. What does a boyfriend show Macdonald in the woods in "Nothing Like a Pig"?
(a) Badger.
(b) Bank vole.
(c) Fox.
(d) Boar.

2. According to research scientist Jason Chapman, how many insects could pass over a square mile of English farmland in one month?
(a) 9 1/4 billion.
(b) 6 billion.
(c) Over 7 1/2 billion.
(d) About 8 billion.

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

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

5. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Nuthatches.
(b) Herring gulls.
(c) Barn swallows.
(d) Bluebirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?

2. What date did the author observe swan upping?

3. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?

4. How old was Macdonald in 1976?

5. In "Nestboxes," from where did the author order Martin nextboxes?

(see the answer key)

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