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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many eggs will a female glow-worm lay before dying?
(a) 75 to 125.
(b) 90 to 140.
(c) 50 to 150.
(d) 80 to 100.

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 15th century.
(d) 16th century.

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

10. In "Murmurations," where did the author remember watching starlings come to roost?
(a) Harwich.
(b) Margate.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Liverpool.

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

12. What percentage of an increase in hate crimes occurred after the Brexit vote?
(a) 31%.
(b) 19%.
(c) 26%.
(d) 42%.

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

14. In "Wicken," what did the author and her guests see when they walked Wicken Fen floating past them?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Falcon.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Barn owl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What area did Glenn Albrecht mention that became unrecognizable through environmental change?

2. Which of the author's relatives was distressed by storms because of the reminder of the Blitz?

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

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

5. In "A Handful of Corn," what creatures did the author's neighbor, Mrs. Leslie-Smith, entice to her garden with cookies?

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