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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. When was the solar eclipse that was dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" (75)?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2017.

2. What did the wavelength of transmitted radar waves shorten to when they started getting radar reflections of birds?
(a) 10 centimeters.
(b) 8 centimeters.
(c) 12 centimeters.
(d) 5 centimeters.

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

4. When did Macdonald mention that she saw the breath of a fallow buck in "Deer in the Headlights"?
(a) Nearly 20 years ago.
(b) 19 years ago.
(c) About 18 years ago.
(d) 21 years ago.

5. In Oregon, how much land did a honey fungus cover?
(a) 7 square miles.
(b) About 5 square miles.
(c) 2 square miles.
(d) Almost 4 square miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Murmurations," where did the author remember watching starlings come to roost?

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

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

4. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?

5. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?

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