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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 many people were at the passport office in "Murmurations"?
(a) 30.
(b) 27.
(c) 34.
(d) 25.

2. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?
(a) India.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Madagascar.

3. In "Eclipse," how old was the author when she first planned to see a total solar eclipse?
(a) Early 20s.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) Early 30s.

4. How long would whoopers swans fly when crossing the North Atlantic to England?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 15 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

5. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1785.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different plant species ae found in Australia?

2. When was the eclipse in India that forced an observer to retreat to his room and plunge his head into water?

3. What bird did the author see in "Human Flock"?

4. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?

5. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?

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