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

2. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 45.
(d) 35.

3. How long might a queen of a common black ant live?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

4. Including the author, how many people viewed an eclipse in Turkey together?
(a) 50.
(b) 4.
(c) 100s.
(d) 11.

5. How long was the journey to catch all the swans on the upper reaches of the River Thames?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?

2. What was the weather like at the beginning of "Sex, Death, Mushrooms"?

3. When did Macdonald and her parents leave Tekels Park?

4. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?

5. Where did Cabrol study for her Ph.D?

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