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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. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?
(a) Home.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Death.

2. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?
(a) Around 15.
(b) 22.
(c) About 20.
(d) 31.

3. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?
(a) Eurasian cranes.
(b) Black crowned cranes.
(c) Wattled cranes.
(d) Sandhill cranes.

4. In "Deer in the Headlights," when was there a financial crash?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2010.

5. When did the British Trust for Ornithology begin fitting satellite tags to Britsh-trapped cuckoos?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?

2. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?

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

4. 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?

5. What date did the author observe swan upping?

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