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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Helen's father to photograph every single bridge over the Thames?

2. What was Mabel's flying weight?

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

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

5. How far did Mabel have to jump in Chapter 12 to get food Helen held in her glove?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, why did some men stay behind when their companions left for the day?

3. What journey did White's goshawk take to him?

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

5. What was bating?

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

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

8. What was a "tiring"?

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

10. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author saw the jesses she created as symbols. What did the jesses symbolize to the author and why?

Essay Topic 2

The author told about her father's death. How did her father's death affect her and how did it change her life?

Essay Topic 3

Helen's thought about death changed from when she was a child. What caused Helen's outlook on death to change and how did this change in point of view affect her?

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