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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. What area did Glenn Albrecht mention that became unrecognizable through environmental change?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) South Africa.
(c) New South Wales.
(d) Kentucky.

2. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?
(a) 30%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 35%.

3. When did the World Health Organization create a definition of healthy that referred to no one?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1956.

4. 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.

5. In "Berries," when did the author say was the last time that she and her mother saw wax-wings?
(a) 8 years ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 3 years ago.
(d) 9 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high is the geyser field of El Tatio?

2. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?

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

4. In "Wicken," how many acres of Wicken Fen had been returned to its former wetland state?

5. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?

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