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

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

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

4. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?
(a) About 150,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 315,000.
(d) Around 200,000.

5. In "The Observatory," how long did the author sit with a swan?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Cuckoo in the House," over the past quarter of a century, how many cuckoos had been lost?

2. What percentage of an increase in hate crimes occurred after the Brexit vote?

3. How many eggs will a female glow-worm lay before dying?

4. In "Wicken," what did the author and her guests see when they walked Wicken Fen floating past them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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