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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," what time did a flock of plovers fly low?
(a) 9:15 a.m.
(b) 8:00 a.m.
(c) 9:05 a.m.
(d) 8:20 a.m.

2. In "In Her Orbit," what company did Fredrik Rehnmark, a mechanical engineer, work for?
(a) Zipline.
(b) Sphero.
(c) Honeybee Robotics.
(d) Simbe Robotics.

3. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1960.

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

5. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?

2. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?

3. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?

4. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

5. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?

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