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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast was the author driving in "Storm"?

2. When did Maxwell Knight write Taming and Handling Animals?

3. How close could the author get to the deer in "Deer in the Headlights"?

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

5. At the end of "Deer in the Headlights," what book did the author buy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is swan upping?

3. What were the nestboxes like that Macdonald ordered for house martins?

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

5. How does the author describe vesper flights?

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

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

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

9. What does Macdonald say about allergies?

10. What did the author search for in a disused chalk quarry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Birds migrate, usually to warmer climates. What migrations does the author describe that she witnessed? Why is migration such a dangerous endeavor?

Essay Topic 2

The author bought nestboxes for house martins. Why did the author buy nestboxes? How did they help her and the martins? What did the nestboxes reveal about anthropomorphism?

Essay Topic 3

The author observed falcons nesting at an abandoned power station. Why did peregrine falcons begin nesting in cities and other urban areas? What did the change in habitat for their nests reveal about adaptation?

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