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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 was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1889.

2. How many boars were shot in the Forest of Dean between 2014 and 2015?
(a) 274.
(b) 361.
(c) 411.
(d) 198.

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

4. How fast can hares run?
(a) 40 miles an hour.
(b) 15 miles an hour.
(c) 30 miles an hour.
(d) 25 miles an hour.

5. In "The Observatory," what did a swan do when it approached Macdonald?
(a) Pushed her.
(b) Made a bugle call.
(c) Bumped her.
(d) Fell asleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?

3. When did the author view with her father the first total eclipse to cross the UK in over 70 years?

4. How many people were at the passport office in "Murmurations"?

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

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