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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. What did the author see flying in the air in "Ants"?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Flying ants.

2. Where did the author go with a boyfriend to a bird fair in "Birds, Tabled"?
(a) East Midlands.
(b) East of England.
(c) West Midlands.
(d) Yorkshire and the Humber.

3. When did Luit Buurma begin making radar observations in the Netherlands for flight safety purposes?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

4. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 15th century.

5. In "Rescue," how long ago did Judith rescue her first swift chick?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 21 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wicken," what did the author and her guests see when they walked Wicken Fen floating past them?

2. In "High-Rise," what month was Macdonald in Manhattan?

3. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?

4. When did Stanley Spencer leave the painting Swan Upping at Cookham unfinished in his bedroom?

5. What did the son of prospective tenants carry with him when he and his parents looked at a place to rent in "Inspector Calls"?

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