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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. In "Deer in the Headlights," when were the ancestors of the herd the author observed brought to the estate?
2. In "Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres," how many years after Macdonald visited stands of poplars looking for orioles was there only one nest remaining?
3. In "Wicken," what did the author and her guests see when they walked Wicken Fen floating past them?
4. In "The Observatory," how long did the author sit with a swan?
5. In what country did the author see a stuffed white stork with its neck piereced by a wooden spear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Macdonald say about allergies?
2. What did the author see on display in a university museum in Rostock, Germany?
3. How does the author describe the painting Swan Upping at Cookham?
4. Why do swans flock to the Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve in the winter?
5. How were elephant seals involved in a project studying climate change in West Antarctica?
6. When was the British Trust for Ornithology established, and what was its purpose?
7. In "Storm," what could the author see as she drove on the M25?
8. What does Macdonald say that she did and did not know about deer?
9. Where were peregrine falcons nesting in "The Falcon and the Tower"?
10. How does the author describe the Wicken fens through the ages?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and the author?
Essay Topic 2
A murmuration is formed when a group of starlings flock together. Why do murmurations happen? How are the murmurations of birds similar to the movements of human refugees?
Essay Topic 3
Why did the author become obsessed with a painting called Swan Upping at Cookham? What did the author communicate about the past and Brexit through the tradition of swan upping?
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