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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. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?

2. In "Berries," when did the author say was the last time that she and her mother saw wax-wings?

3. How fast was the author driving in "Storm"?

4. What did the wavelength of transmitted radar waves shorten to when they started getting radar reflections of birds?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is swan upping?

5. How does the author describe vesper flights?

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Maxwell Knight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and the author?

Essay Topic 2

Swifts were birds that could fly for months at a time. Why did the author compare swifts to aliens? When would swifts rise and fly high in the sky? Why were these called vesper flights? What was the purpose of vesper flights?

Essay Topic 3

How did the author suffer from migraines from time to time? How would her life be put on hold during a migraine? Why were migraines so debilitating?

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