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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. In Chapter 13, when did Helen say that her college job would end?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

2. What type of car did Helen's father drive?
(a) Peugeot.
(b) Audi.
(c) Vauxhill.
(d) Rover.

3. What was the name of the hotel where the author had stayed in Chapter 5?
(a) 21st Century Hotel.
(b) Westside Hotel.
(c) Riverview Hotel.
(d) Seaside Hotel.

4. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. What was the name of White's dog?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Red.
(c) Brownie.
(d) Rover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many time did the author weigh merlins when she used to fly them?

2. What did a waiter bring Helen the night her father died?

3. In Chapter 9, what time did an unhappy wail come from a pram outside the author's window?

4. In Chapter 7, what did the author feed her hawk when she took off the hood from the hawk's head?

5. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe how her meeting with the falconer looked in Chapter 5?

2. What was bating?

3. How did Mabel change once she attained her flying weight?

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

5. In Chapter 10, how did the author's hawk react to the hood and why?

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

7. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

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

9. What was White's childhood like?

10. Where was White's cottage located?

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