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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Observatory to Berries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?
(a) Alders.
(b) Birch.
(c) Ash.
(d) Dutch elm.

2. Where did Eamonn first see a wild peregrine as a child?
(a) Near a waterfall.
(b) Wicklow Mountains.
(c) Dublin gasometer.
(d) Old factory.

3. In "The Observatory," what did a swan do when it approached Macdonald?
(a) Pushed her.
(b) Fell asleep.
(c) Made a bugle call.
(d) Bumped her.

4. In "Symptomatic," what did the author hear roar that at first she attributed to a migraine she had earlier?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bats.
(d) Bears.

5. In "Murmurations," what time did a flock of plovers fly low?
(a) 9:05 a.m.
(b) 9:15 a.m.
(c) 8:00 a.m.
(d) 8:20 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area did Glenn Albrecht mention that became unrecognizable through environmental change?

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

3. In "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?

4. In "A Handful of Corn," what creatures did the author's neighbor, Mrs. Leslie-Smith, entice to her garden with cookies?

5. When did Macdonald mention that she saw the breath of a fallow buck in "Deer in the Headlights"?

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