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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Macdonald mention that she saw the breath of a fallow buck in "Deer in the Headlights"?
(a) 21 years ago.
(b) Nearly 20 years ago.
(c) About 18 years ago.
(d) 19 years ago.

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

3. Where did the author like to see swans in the winter?
(a) Welney.
(b) Martin Mere.
(c) Slimbridge.
(d) Caerlaverock.

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

5. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?
(a) 90 years old.
(b) 80 to 100 years old.
(c) 100 to 150 years old.
(d) 75 years old.

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

7. When did the author mention that most deer-vehicle collisions occured?
(a) Between nightfall and midnight and just before dawn.
(b) Just before dawn.
(c) Between 8 p.m. and midnight.
(d) Just after sunset.

8. In "A Handful of Corn," what creatures did the author's neighbor, Mrs. Leslie-Smith, entice to her garden with cookies?
(a) Minks.
(b) Badgers.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Moles.

9. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 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 America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?

3. When did the royal ownership of swans date back to?

4. What type of swans were on the Thames?

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

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