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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 time did White's bird step onto his fist and feed?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) 1:10 p.m.
(d) 3:05 a.m.

2. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?
(a) A burned-out house.
(b) An old barn.
(c) In a field with her father.
(d) At her father's grave.

3. In Chapter 9, what time did an unhappy wail come from a pram outside the author's window?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what did Helen give Mabel to eat?
(a) Cockerel chick.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Snake.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight could make a difference in how Helen's merlins flew?

2. How much money did the author have with her in Chapter 5?

3. How long after the author set out with the falconers in Chapter 3, did they see a goshawk kill a pheasant?

4. Where did the author's father die?

5. What color was the skin of the author's hawk near her beak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What artwork did the author describe in Chapter 6?

2. What was important to do when training a hawk?

3. How did Christina react when Helen asked her to help train Mabel?

4. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

5. Why did the author say that everything about the hawk was turned to hunt and kill?

6. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

7. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

8. Why was the author terrified in Chapter 3?

9. What was White's childhood like?

10. In Chapter 2, what did the waiter do when Helen did not eat?

(see the answer keys)

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