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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 "Nests," when did a woman friend say that she and her friends used to take eggs from birds' nests?
(a) 1940s and 1950s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1920s and 1930s.
(d) 1920s.

2. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1936.

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

4. At what altitude is the crater lake atop Licancabur on the Bolivian Altiplano?
(a) 18,704 feet.
(b) Almost 19,000 feet.
(c) 19,643 feet.
(d) Nearly 20,000 feet.

5. In "Murmurations," where did the author remember watching starlings come to roost?
(a) Brighton.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Margate.
(d) Harwich.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Macdonald's parents buy a house in 1976?

3. Where did the author like to see swans in the winter?

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

5. How long would whoopers swans fly when crossing the North Atlantic to England?

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