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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author was a child, where was her favorite den?
(a) Abandoned shed.
(b) Under a rhodendron bush.
(c) Under the front porch of her house.
(d) A small cave.

2. During the memorial, how old did Helen think her father was in the story she told about him spotting an RAF plane?
(a) 7 or 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 9 or 10.

3. How large is the bell that the author attaches at the base of Mabel's tail in Chapter 15?
(a) Size of a paddle ball.
(b) Size of a pea.
(c) Size of a grape.
(d) Size of an acorn.

4. What poem did Helen remember reading during the first years she was slogging through her degree?
(a) "The Owl and the Nightingale."
(b) "King Horn."
(c) "Huon of Bordeaux."
(d) "Sir Orfeo."

5. In Chapter 15, how many yards had White gotten Gos to come on the creance?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. During White's first night with his hawk, where did he set it loose?

2. In what type of tree did Gos get entangled in Chapter 16?

3. If White had known what he was doing, how long would it have taken to fly his bird free?

4. In Chapter 24, what did Helen decide she was more of than a hawk?

5. What poem did Alastair Campbell read during Helen's father's memorial service?

(see the answer key)

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