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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Stanley Spencer leave the painting Swan Upping at Cookham unfinished in his bedroom?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1915.

2. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?
(a) Dutch elm.
(b) Alders.
(c) Ash.
(d) Birch.

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

4. When did the British Trust for Ornithology begin fitting satellite tags to Britsh-trapped cuckoos?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2000.

5. When did Maxwell Knight, an intelligence officer, place agents in various organizations?
(a) 1950s to 1970s.
(b) 1930s to end of World War II.
(c) 1920s to 1950s.
(d) 1940s to 1980s.

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

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

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

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

10. At the end of "Deer in the Headlights," what book did the author buy?
(a) The Radiant Lives of Deer.
(b) Understanding Deer.
(c) An Anthology of Deer.
(d) The Hidden Life of Deer.

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

12. In "Deer in the Headlights," what was the name of Macdonald's friend who hit a deer?
(a) Rachelle.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Megan.
(d) Isabella.

13. How long was the journey to catch all the swans on the upper reaches of the River Thames?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 2 days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In winter, where do European swifts spend a few month in winter?

2. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?

3. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?

4. In "The Falcon and the Tower," where was the author?

5. If there was five seconds between lightning and thunder, how far away would the storm be?

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