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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. How many farm-reared boars were secretly and illegally dumped in the Forest of Dean in 2004?
(a) 45.
(b) 35.
(c) 60.
(d) 20.

2. What type of swans were on the Thames?
(a) Trumpeter swans.
(b) Whooper swans.
(c) Black swans.
(d) Mute swans.

3. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1799.

4. At what altitude might shorebirds pass over Manhattan?
(a) 10 to 12,000 feet.
(b) 11,200 feet.
(c) 9,700 feet.
(d) 5 to 6,000 feet.

5. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?
(a) Under a bridge over the River Lyne.
(b) Backyard.
(c) Woods.
(d) Under a bridge over the River Thames.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nests," what might kites use to decorate their tree platforms?

2. During the expedition where the author joined Cabrol, how many hours a night was Cabrol sleeping?

3. How long did George Waterston sit with his colleagues by the first Scottish osprey nest and keep it under observation through the telescopic sights of rifles?

4. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?

5. How large was the meadow at Tekels Park?

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