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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the author's life was spent in an incubator when she was a newborn?
(a) 17 days.
(b) 11 days.
(c) Few weeks.
(d) About 3 weeks.

2. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

3. How much sleep did White have when he was first training his hawk?
(a) 6 hours in 6 days.
(b) 3 hours in one day.
(c) 15 hours in 7 days.
(d) 12 hours in three days.

4. Where did the author's father die?
(a) St. Andrews' Hospital.
(b) At home.
(c) St. Thomas' Hospital.
(d) At church.

5. In Chapter 3, when had the author convinced herself that she was pretty much back to normal?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) November.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Jesuit spy Robert Shoutwell terrified he'd be found out because he kept forgetting his falconry terms?

2. When was a pine forest planted in Evelyn's Travelling Sands?

3. In Chapter 3, how old was the goshawk that the author arranged to pick up in Scotland?

4. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?

5. When did the author's father take a picture of the Beatles sitting at a cafe table on the Champs-Elysees?

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