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

2. When did the author mention that most deer-vehicle collisions occured?
(a) Between nightfall and midnight and just before dawn.
(b) Between 8 p.m. and midnight.
(c) Just after sunset.
(d) Just before dawn.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the pesticide DDT decimate peregrine populations?

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

3. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?

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

5. How long would whoopers swans fly when crossing the North Atlantic to England?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the orioles in Britain?

4. What is swan upping?

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

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

7. Why do swans flock to the Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve in the winter?

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

9. What does Macdonald say about allergies?

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

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