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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Observatory," what did a swan do when it approached Macdonald?
(a) Fell asleep.
(b) Pushed her.
(c) Bumped her.
(d) Made a bugle call.

2. When did the pesticide DDT decimate peregrine populations?
(a) 1950s and 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1940s and 1950s.

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

4. After swifts leave their nest hole, how long will they fly?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 or 4 years.
(d) 2 or 3 years.

5. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 2 years.

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

11. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Cats.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Reindeer.

12. In "A Cuckoo in the House," over the past quarter of a century, how many cuckoos had been lost?
(a) 75%.
(b) 80%.
(c) About 70%.
(d) More than 60%.

13. In "Storm," what birds did the author see when driving?
(a) Geese.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Swifts.
(d) Parakeets.

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

15. What date did the author observe swan upping?
(a) July 23.
(b) July 19.
(c) July 9.
(d) July 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?

2. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?

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

4. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?

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

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