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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. How many swifts did the author watch Judith release in "Rescue"?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?
(a) 6th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 5th.

3. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?
(a) 22.
(b) About 20.
(c) 31.
(d) Around 15.

4. Where does the author mention that a robin reared chicks?
(a) Old kettle.
(b) An old teapot.
(c) Traffic light.
(d) Light pole.

5. If there was five seconds between lightning and thunder, how far away would the storm be?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) A mile.
(d) 1/4 mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?

2. What forest did the author visit in "Eulogy"?

3. How fast can hares run?

4. When was Florence Merriam's Birds Through an Opera-Glass published?

5. In "Dispatches from the Valleys," what year did a reality show the author watched remind her of?

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