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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 did the author drive in Chapter 1?
(a) Mini Cooper.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) Audi.
(d) Fiat.

2. In Chapter 14, by the fourth day of training, how far is Mabel flying to Helen?
(a) 15 yards.
(b) 35 yards.
(c) 50 yards.
(d) 25 yards.

3. What color grey were Goshawks in the air?
(a) Concrete grey.
(b) Slate grey.
(c) Pigeon grey.
(d) Raincloud grey.

4. In Chapter 13, how many years had Helen been a Cambridge Fellow?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. From where did the Fifth Earl of Bedford import falcons?
(a) Nova Scotia and New England.
(b) Canada and Russia.
(c) India.
(d) Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?

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

3. What did the falconers drive in Chapter 3?

4. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?

5. When did a scientist called Thorpe work from a research station in Madingley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was bating?

2. Why was the author terrified in Chapter 3?

3. Why was White pleased with himself at the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. What did the author have to do to train her hawk?

5. What was a "tiring"?

6. Where was White's cottage located?

7. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

8. How did the author describe the landscape she loved very much?

9. Why did the schoolboys he taught look up to White?

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

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