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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?
(a) Under a bridge over the River Lyne.
(b) Woods.
(c) Backyard.
(d) Under a bridge over the River Thames.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?
(a) 22.
(b) About 20.
(c) 31.
(d) Around 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were at the passport office in "Murmurations"?

2. How old was a cygnet caught in "Swan Upping"?

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

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

5. When did the pesticide DDT decimate peregrine populations?

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