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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Eamonn first see a wild peregrine as a child?
(a) Dublin gasometer.
(b) Near a waterfall.
(c) Old factory.
(d) Wicklow Mountains.

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

3. In "The Arrow-Stork," how much of their lives might some cuckoos spend in the countries of origin?
(a) 25%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 5%.

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

5. In "The Observatory," how long did the author sit with a swan?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

6. After swifts leave their nest hole, how long will they fly?
(a) 3 or 4 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 or 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

7. In "The Observatory," what type of swans did the author observe?
(a) Mute.
(b) Coscoroba.
(c) Whopper and Bewick's.
(d) Black-necked and black.

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

9. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?
(a) Watching rats.
(b) Digging a tunnel.
(c) Watching birds.
(d) Writing a journal.

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

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

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

13. How long was the journey to catch all the swans on the upper reaches of the River Thames?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

14. When did the British Trust for Ornithology begin fitting satellite tags to Britsh-trapped cuckoos?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far might loggerhead turtles swim from their feeding grounds of Mexico?

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

3. In "Murmurations," where did the author remember watching starlings come to roost?

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

5. How many nests might a single cuckoo lay eggs?

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