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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?
(a) John Burroughs.
(b) Charles Waterton.
(c) Gerald Durrell.
(d) William Beebe.

2. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1922.

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

4. How fast was the author driving in "Storm"?
(a) 70 miles an hour.
(b) 65 miles an hour.
(c) 55 miles an hour.
(d) 60 miles an hour.

5. In "Berries," when did the author say was the last time that she and her mother saw wax-wings?
(a) 9 years ago.
(b) 8 years ago.
(c) 3 years ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

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

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

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

9. In "The Falcon and the Tower," where was the author?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Normandy.

10. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?
(a) India.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Egypt.
(d) South Africa.

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

12. How old was a cygnet caught in "Swan Upping"?
(a) 18 weeks.
(b) 23 weeks.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 20 weeks.

13. Where did Eamonn first see a wild peregrine as a child?
(a) Dublin gasometer.
(b) Near a waterfall.
(c) Wicklow Mountains.
(d) Old factory.

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

15. In "The Observatory," what type of swans did the author observe?
(a) Coscoroba.
(b) Whopper and Bewick's.
(c) Mute.
(d) Black-necked and black.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Nestboxes," from where did the author order Martin nextboxes?

3. What date did the author observe swan upping?

4. How far might loggerhead turtles swim from their feeding grounds of Mexico?

5. In "Deer in the Headlights," when was there a financial crash?

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