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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. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Flying ants.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Swallows.

2. In "The Student's Tale," what did the refugee do when he learned that the School for Clinical Medicine was closed?
(a) Sighed.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Swore.
(d) Cried.

3. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?
(a) Ospreys.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Gulls.
(d) Peregrine falcons.

4. Where did Cabrol study for her Ph.D?
(a) University of Washington.
(b) University of Edinburgh.
(c) Penn State.
(d) Sorbonne.

5. When did Luit Buurma begin making radar observations in the Netherlands for flight safety purposes?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?

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

3. What does a boyfriend show Macdonald in the woods in "Nothing Like a Pig"?

4. In "Wicken," what did the author and her guests see when they walked Wicken Fen floating past them?

5. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?

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