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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. When did Stanley Spencer leave the painting Swan Upping at Cookham unfinished in his bedroom?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1914.

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

3. How long would whoopers swans fly when crossing the North Atlantic to England?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 15 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

4. What does Macdonald say that swifts weigh?
(a) Around 50 grams.
(b) 35 grams.
(c) 45 grams.
(d) About 40 grams.

5. When was the British Trust for Ornithology formed?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long could the author ride on a horse before her allergies got too severe to continue riding?

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

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

4. How many nests might a single cuckoo lay eggs?

5. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author see on display in a university museum in Rostock, Germany?

2. How does the author describe the Wicken fens through the ages?

3. How were elephant seals involved in a project studying climate change in West Antarctica?

4. What happened to the orioles in Britain?

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

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

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

8. Where were peregrine falcons nesting in "The Falcon and the Tower"?

9. How does the author describe the painting Swan Upping at Cookham?

10. What does Macdonald say that she did and did not know about deer?

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