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

2. In "Lost, But Catching Up," what did the author just discover that she was allergic to?
(a) Reindeer.
(b) Cats.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Wolves.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Norfolk farmers learn that the skylarks in their fields were migrants from the Continent?

2. How big does the author say that swans can be in "The Observatory"?

3. What does Macdonald say that swifts weigh?

4. Where did Macdonald once find a dead swift?

5. In "A Handful of Corn," what creatures did the author's neighbor, Mrs. Leslie-Smith, entice to her garden with cookies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the author's father tell her that she could figure out how far away a storm was?

3. Why does Macdonald state that deer are dangerous animals?

4. In "Storm," what could the author see as she drove on the M25?

5. How does the author describe vesper flights?

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

7. Why do swans flock to the Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve in the winter?

8. Who was Maxwell Knight?

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

10. What is swan upping?

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