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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?
2. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?
3. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?
4. In "Murmurations," where did the author remember watching starlings come to roost?
5. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was the British Trust for Ornithology established, and what was its purpose?
2. Where were peregrine falcons nesting in "The Falcon and the Tower"?
3. What did the author search for in a disused chalk quarry?
4. What happened to the orioles in Britain?
5. Who was Maxwell Knight?
6. How did the author's father tell her that she could figure out how far away a storm was?
7. What did the author see on display in a university museum in Rostock, Germany?
8. Why does Macdonald state that deer are dangerous animals?
9. How does the author describe the Wicken fens through the ages?
10. How does the author describe vesper flights?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Macdonald went for a walk with her brother and niece at Wicken Fen. Why did Macdonald’s niece think all the wildlife had been brought to the fen? Why did Macdonald comment that her niece had been raised in a green desert? How did that account for the girl’s surprise that animals could exist in the wild outside of zoos?
Essay Topic 2
The author observed falcons nesting at an abandoned power station. Why did peregrine falcons begin nesting in cities and other urban areas? What did the change in habitat for their nests reveal about adaptation?
Essay Topic 3
Why was the author struggling with knowing what season it was? How did the hares signal to her that it was spring? How and why did the author connect hares to the coming of spring?
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