Vesper Flights Test | Final Test - Medium

Helen Macdonald
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Vesper Flights Test | Final Test - Medium

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macdonald say that swifts weigh?

2. How did a British officer survive prison camps in Germany?

3. In "Storm," what birds did the author see when driving?

4. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?

5. How long ago did the author say in "Deer in the Headlights" that images of deer started appearing on soft furnishings and homeware?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did upping swans used to include?

3. What did the author see on display in a university museum in Rostock, Germany?

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

5. What does Macdonald say that she did and did not know about deer?

6. What happened to the orioles in Britain?

7. How does the author describe the painting Swan Upping at Cookham?

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

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

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

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