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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost, But Catching Up to Sunbirds and Cashmere Spheres.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date did the author observe swan upping?
(a) July 19.
(b) July 9.
(c) July 23.
(d) July 1.

2. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 18th century.
(d) 17th century.

3. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?
(a) Maybury, Surrey.
(b) Abbotswood, Surrey.
(c) Earlswood, Surrey.
(d) Camberley, Surrey.

4. When did Stanley Spencer leave the painting Swan Upping at Cookham unfinished in his bedroom?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1915.

5. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?
(a) John Burroughs.
(b) William Beebe.
(c) Gerald Durrell.
(d) Charles Waterton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?

3. In "Sex, Death, Mushrooms," for how many years had the author gone with Nick on autumn mushroom hunts?

4. At the end of "Deer in the Headlights," what book did the author buy?

5. When were the Cabinet of Curiosities a craze in Europe?

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