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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. How many engines did the plane have that Helen saw when she was out with Mabel in Chapter 20?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. In Chapter 25, when did Scott McNeff say that the deer hunt began in Maine?
(a) December.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) October.

3. In Chapter 20, what did Helen fill the freezer in her new house with?
(a) Hawk food, casseroles, and ice cream.
(b) Hawk food and frozen pizzas.
(c) Hawk food, steaks, and vegetables.
(d) Hawk food and frozen dinners.

4. What did Stuart offer to fly with Helen in Chapter 15?
(a) Tiercel.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Prairie falcon.
(d) Gyrfalcon.

5. In Chapter 16, what did White plan to put in a trap he made?
(a) Wren.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Blackbird.
(d) Crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Helen spend Christmas in Chapter 27?

2. When did White write the conclusion to "The Once and Future King"?

3. How many falconers were in German at the time Britain was invited to attend the International Hunting Exhibition in Germany?

4. How much of the British rabbit population was killed by a virus?

5. In Chapter 18, where was there a horrendous crash outside Cambridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what did Helen do with Mabel in the evenings?

2. Why were bells used in falconry and where were they placed on the bird?

3. What was the falconer's trick that was used to stop a hawk from feeling that she had been robbed of her prize?

4. How did Mabel respond when Helen let her fly free in Chapter 18?

5. How was Mabel acting in Chapter 25 when Helen took her up the hill?

6. What type of education did White give Wart in his book "The Sword in the Stone"?

7. How did Helen get ready to go to an art gallery in Chapter 19?

8. What birds did Helen and her friends take to a country fair?

9. What happened when Helen's father photographed an unfamiliar plane when he was nine or ten?

10. Why did White believe that death waited for Gos when the bird got free?

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