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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?
(a) Backyard.
(b) Under a bridge over the River Thames.
(c) Under a bridge over the River Lyne.
(d) Woods.

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

4. When did Luit Buurma begin making radar observations in the Netherlands for flight safety purposes?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

5. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?
(a) Size of a cat.
(b) Size of a large dog.
(c) Size of a small bush.
(d) Size of a breadbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Falcon and the Tower," how many breeding pairs of peregrines were in New York City?

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

3. If there was five seconds between lightning and thunder, how far away would the storm be?

4. Which of the author's relatives was distressed by storms because of the reminder of the Blitz?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe vesper flights?

2. What did the author and her mother see and hear in "Berries" while running errands?

3. How does the author describe the Wicken fens through the ages?

4. How were elephant seals involved in a project studying climate change in West Antarctica?

5. What encounter did Macdonald have with a swan at the Jesus Lock?

6. How does Macdonald compare waiting for a storm and waiting for other things in "Storm"?

7. What did David Lack discover when working during the war on the early-warning chain of coast-watching radar stations?

8. What does Macdonald say about allergies?

9. When was the British Trust for Ornithology established, and what was its purpose?

10. When Macdonald and her brother were children, how did they observe blue tits?

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