Vesper Flights Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Helen Macdonald
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Vesper Flights Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Helen Macdonald
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cherry Stones to What Animals Taught Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what UV level did the World Health Organization warn against being outside?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) Around 12.
(d) Over 11.

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

5. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?
(a) 45%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 25%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Introduction," what extinction does the author say that we are living through?

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

3. In "The Observatory," what did a swan do when it approached Macdonald?

4. Where did the author go with a boyfriend to a bird fair in "Birds, Tabled"?

5. When did Samuel Tyalor Coleridge write of a murmuration?

(see the answer key)

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