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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How fast was the author driving in "Storm"?
(a) 55 miles an hour.
(b) 65 miles an hour.
(c) 60 miles an hour.
(d) 70 miles an hour.

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

5. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 11 years.

6. If there was five seconds between lightning and thunder, how far away would the storm be?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) A mile.
(d) 1/4 mile.

7. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1934.

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

9. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?
(a) 31.
(b) About 20.
(c) 22.
(d) Around 15.

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

11. What percentage of an increase in hate crimes occurred after the Brexit vote?
(a) 26%.
(b) 31%.
(c) 19%.
(d) 42%.

12. What did the wavelength of transmitted radar waves shorten to when they started getting radar reflections of birds?
(a) 5 centimeters.
(b) 10 centimeters.
(c) 8 centimeters.
(d) 12 centimeters.

13. Where did the author remember in "Nestboxes" staying where there was a pair of nesting laughing doves?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) India.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Egypt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wicken," how many acres of Wicken Fen had been returned to its former wetland state?

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

3. What highway was Macdonald driving in "Storm"?

4. When did the British Trust for Ornithology begin fitting satellite tags to Britsh-trapped cuckoos?

5. In America, about how many people died every year after their vehicles collided with deer?

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