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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?

2. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?

3. Where did the author like to see swans in the winter?

4. In "Berries," when did the author say was the last time that she and her mother saw wax-wings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe vesper flights?

2. What were the nestboxes like that Macdonald ordered for house martins?

3. What encounter did Macdonald have with a swan at the Jesus Lock?

4. What is swan upping?

5. How did the author's father tell her that she could figure out how far away a storm was?

6. When was the British Trust for Ornithology established, and what was its purpose?

7. When Macdonald and her brother were children, how did they observe blue tits?

8. What did upping swans used to include?

9. What did the author search for in a disused chalk quarry?

10. What did David Lack discover when working during the war on the early-warning chain of coast-watching radar stations?

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