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

2. When was Cabrol the chief scientist on a team testing an experimental rover in the Atacama Desert?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2004.

3. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?
(a) About 150,000.
(b) Around 200,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 315,000.

4. Where did the author like to see swans in the winter?
(a) Martin Mere.
(b) Slimbridge.
(c) Caerlaverock.
(d) Welney.

5. In "Ants," what was feeding on flying ants?
(a) Bluebirds.
(b) Barn swallows.
(c) Herring gulls.
(d) Nuthatches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the people who experience migraines experience visual disturbances with their headaches?

2. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?

3. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?

4. When did the royal ownership of swans date back to?

5. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?

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