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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. In "Inspector Calls," how old was the son of prospective tenants?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

2. In winter, where do European swifts spend a few month in winter?
(a) Near the Nile.
(b) On their breeding grounds.
(c) Their nests.
(d) Over the forests and fields of the Congo.

3. When did the author hear her first nightingale singing during a storm?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1960s.

4. When did the author rear a single nest of finches?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1990s.

5. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) Nearly 20,000 feet.
(b) 19,643 feet.
(c) Almost 19,000 feet.
(d) 18,704 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Observatory," what type of swans did the author observe?

2. When was the first of the modern field guides published?

3. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?

4. How many years after viewing the Cornwall eclipse, did the author view an eclipse in Turkey?

5. What date did the author observe swan upping?

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