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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. What type of hawks did White see in Three Parks Wood in Chapter 16?

2. Where was White in 1939 hiding from the war?

3. How large is the bell that the author attaches at the base of Mabel's tail in Chapter 15?

4. What prey did White put in a falconer's trap in Chapter 20?

5. Where had Helen bought the dress she wore to her father's memorial?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was hunting in Maine different from hunting in England?

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

3. Why did Helen find it odd that she could hunt?

4. What happened when White left Gos unattended for a moment in Chapter 16?

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

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

7. How did Mabel start to act when he had been eating nothing but quail for a week?

8. What die Helen see in the dry valley in Chapter 28?

9. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?

10. How did Helen feel when she got ready to give the eulogy for her father at the memorial service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

White gained fellowship through his falconry. What did the author gain from her falconry and how did it help her with the issues that she was struggling with?

Essay Topic 2

White felt reborn after lying in the "grave" he made for himself to wait for Gos to return. What was the "grave" and why did it help White discard some things from his past and help him become a new man?

Essay Topic 3

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

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