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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," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?
(a) Charles Waterton.
(b) Gerald Durrell.
(c) William Beebe.
(d) John Burroughs.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?

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

3. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?

4. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?

5. In winter, where do European swifts spend a few month in winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Macdonald state that deer are dangerous animals?

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

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

10. What happened to the orioles in Britain?

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