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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Observatory to Berries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1960.

2. When did the royal ownership of swans date back to?
(a) Around the 11th century.
(b) At least the 12th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 15th century.

3. In "Storm," what birds did the author see when driving?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Swifts.
(c) Geese.
(d) Parakeets.

4. When was the first of the modern field guides published?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1934.

5. When did Macdonald mention that she saw the breath of a fallow buck in "Deer in the Headlights"?
(a) 21 years ago.
(b) 19 years ago.
(c) About 18 years ago.
(d) Nearly 20 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?

2. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?

3. What highway was Macdonald driving in "Storm"?

4. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?

5. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?

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