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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 the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?
(a) Alders.
(b) Birch.
(c) Dutch elm.
(d) Ash.

2. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. How many years did it take the author to understand her premenstrual pattern?
(a) Nearly 30.
(b) 36.
(c) About 15.
(d) 24.

4. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?
(a) 10%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 5%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Student's Tale," what did the refugee do when he learned that the School for Clinical Medicine was closed?

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

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

4. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?

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

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