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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nests might a single cuckoo lay eggs?
(a) 7 or 8.
(b) As many as 12.
(c) Around 10.
(d) 5 or 6.

2. In "Murmurations," what time did a flock of plovers fly low?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 9:05 a.m.
(c) 9:15 a.m.
(d) 8:20 a.m.

3. When did Stanley Spencer leave the painting Swan Upping at Cookham unfinished in his bedroom?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1914.

4. In "A Handful of Corn," what creatures did the author's neighbor, Mrs. Leslie-Smith, entice to her garden with cookies?
(a) Minks.
(b) Moles.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Badgers.

5. Who did the author take for a walk around Wicken Fen?
(a) A friend.
(b) Her sister and young nephew.
(c) Her brother and young niece.
(d) Her mother.

6. In "Deer in the Headlights," what was the name of Macdonald's friend who hit a deer?
(a) Megan.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Rachelle.

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

8. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 15th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 18th century.

9. When did the pesticide DDT decimate peregrine populations?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1950s and 1960s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1940s and 1950s.

10. In "Nestboxes," from where did the author order Martin nextboxes?
(a) Garden center.
(b) University.
(c) Catalog.
(d) Internet.

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

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

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

14. In "The Observatory," what did a swan do when it approached Macdonald?
(a) Bumped her.
(b) Pushed her.
(c) Made a bugle call.
(d) Fell asleep.

15. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of birds nested on Dublin's Poolbeg Power Station?

4. When did Macdonald mention that she saw the breath of a fallow buck in "Deer in the Headlights"?

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

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