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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the author's relatives was distressed by storms because of the reminder of the Blitz?
(a) Great-uncle.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Grandfather.

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

3. 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) 2 years.
(d) 8 years.

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

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

6. In "Nestboxes," from where did the author order Martin nextboxes?
(a) Internet.
(b) Garden center.
(c) Catalog.
(d) University.

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

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

9. Who did the author take for a walk around Wicken Fen?
(a) A friend.
(b) Her sister and young nephew.
(c) Her brother and young niece.
(d) Her mother.

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

11. How many nests might a single cuckoo lay eggs?
(a) Around 10.
(b) As many as 12.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) 7 or 8.

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

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

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

15. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?
(a) Size of a small bush.
(b) Size of a breadbox.
(c) Size of a cat.
(d) Size of a large dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?

2. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?

3. In "Wicken," how many acres of Wicken Fen had been returned to its former wetland state?

4. What type of swans were on the Thames?

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

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