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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the British Trust for Ornithology formed?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1936.

3. In the mid-1970s, what trees did the author watch with her mother being torn up and burned?
(a) Alders.
(b) Dutch elm.
(c) Ash.
(d) Birch.

4. When did Maxwell Knight, an intelligence officer, place agents in various organizations?
(a) 1950s to 1970s.
(b) 1920s to 1950s.
(c) 1930s to end of World War II.
(d) 1940s to 1980s.

5. In "Swan Upping," how old did a waterman say that his swan hook was that broke?
(a) 75 years old.
(b) 90 years old.
(c) 80 to 100 years old.
(d) 100 to 150 years old.

6. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

7. In what country did the author see a stuffed white stork with its neck piereced by a wooden spear?
(a) Italy.
(b) Sweden.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

8. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 150 yards.
(c) 175 yards.
(d) 50 yards.

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

10. How long would whoopers swans fly when crossing the North Atlantic to England?
(a) 15 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

11. What did Macdonald look for in a disused chalk quarry in "In Spight of Prisons"?
(a) Green longhorn moths.
(b) Glow-worms.
(c) Cockchafters.
(d) Wood-colored beetles.

12. What highway was Macdonald driving in "Storm"?
(a) M57.
(b) M25.
(c) M32.
(d) M8.

13. In "Storm," when was the author driving?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

14. How old was a cygnet caught in "Swan Upping"?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 18 weeks.
(c) 23 weeks.
(d) 20 weeks.

15. When did the author mention that most deer-vehicle collisions occured?
(a) Between nightfall and midnight and just before dawn.
(b) Just after sunset.
(c) Just before dawn.
(d) Between 8 p.m. and midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nestboxes," what 19th-century-naturalist installed sand martin nest pipes and other avian households at his Yorkshire estate?

2. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?

3. In "Deer in the Headlights," when was there a financial crash?

4. Where did Eamonn first see a wild peregrine as a child?

5. How many beakfuls of mud might it take a Martin to build a nest?

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