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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cherry Stones to What Animals Taught Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did the author sometimes hear a tune on her childhood radio?
(a) Oslo.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Slovenia.
(d) Frankfort.

2. What date did the author observe swan upping?
(a) July 9.
(b) July 1.
(c) July 23.
(d) July 19.

3. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?
(a) Gulls.
(b) Ospreys.
(c) Peregrine falcons.
(d) Pigeons.

4. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

5. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?
(a) Cats.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Reindeer.
(d) Wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the expedition where the author joined Cabrol, how many hours a night was Cabrol sleeping?

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

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

4. In "The Student's Tale," how long was the refugee held at an immigration detention center?

5. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?

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