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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country did the author see a stuffed white stork with its neck piereced by a wooden spear?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

2. When did Julian Huxley says that if you did not know birds you did not know your country?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

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

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

5. When did the royal ownership of swans date back to?
(a) 15th century.
(b) Around the 11th century.
(c) At least the 12th century.
(d) 14th century.

6. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?
(a) 175 yards.
(b) 150 yards.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 50 yards.

7. What area did Glenn Albrecht mention that became unrecognizable through environmental change?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) New South Wales.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) South Africa.

8. What did the wavelength of transmitted radar waves shorten to when they started getting radar reflections of birds?
(a) 12 centimeters.
(b) 10 centimeters.
(c) 5 centimeters.
(d) 8 centimeters.

9. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?
(a) 15%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 5%.

10. How many nests might a single cuckoo lay eggs?
(a) Around 10.
(b) 5 or 6.
(c) As many as 12.
(d) 7 or 8.

11. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?
(a) Glow-worms.
(b) Cockchafters.
(c) Wood-colored beetles.
(d) Green longhorn moths.

12. What does Macdonald say that swifts weigh?
(a) 45 grams.
(b) Around 50 grams.
(c) About 40 grams.
(d) 35 grams.

13. How many beakfuls of mud might it take a Martin to build a nest?
(a) 1,000 or so.
(b) About 1,200.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 900.

14. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?
(a) Writing a journal.
(b) Watching birds.
(c) Digging a tunnel.
(d) Watching rats.

15. In "Storm," when was the author driving?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?

2. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?

3. What percentage of an increase in hate crimes occurred after the Brexit vote?

4. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?

5. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?

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