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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. In "Murmurations," where did the author remember watching starlings come to roost?
(a) Harwich.
(b) Margate.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Brighton.

2. How fast was the author driving in "Storm"?
(a) 70 miles an hour.
(b) 65 miles an hour.
(c) 60 miles an hour.
(d) 55 miles an hour.

3. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?
(a) 11,984 feet.
(b) Around 15,000 feet.
(c) About 14,000 feet.
(d) 13,749 feet.

4. How old was the author when she saw that the meadow at Tekels Park was destroyed?
(a) 37.
(b) 42.
(c) 40s.
(d) 50s.

5. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?
(a) 75 years old.
(b) 100 to 150 years old.
(c) 80 to 100 years old.
(d) 90 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the British Trust for Ornithology begin fitting satellite tags to Britsh-trapped cuckoos?

2. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?

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

4. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?

5. When did Julian Huxley says that if you did not know birds you did not know your country?

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