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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 "Symptomatic," how many people does the author say suffer from migraines?
(a) More than a billion.
(b) 10 billion.
(c) About 100 million.
(d) 75 million.

2. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?
(a) Size of a cat.
(b) Size of a small bush.
(c) Size of a large dog.
(d) Size of a breadbox.

3. In winter, where do European swifts spend a few month in winter?
(a) On their breeding grounds.
(b) Over the forests and fields of the Congo.
(c) Near the Nile.
(d) Their nests.

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

5. How far might loggerhead turtles swim from their feeding grounds of Mexico?
(a) 10,100 miles.
(b) 7,500 miles.
(c) 6,200 miles.
(d) 8,700 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. If writers have subjects that underlie everything they write, what does the author say that her subject is?

2. When did Maxwell Knight, an intelligence officer, place agents in various organizations?

3. What type of swans were on the Thames?

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

5. When did Julian Huxley says that if you did not know birds you did not know your country?

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