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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what did Helen give Mabel to eat after realizing Mabel must have been hungry?
(a) Steak.
(b) Half a rabbit.
(c) 3 dead chicks.
(d) A whole dead pigeon.

2. What was the name of the main character in White's book "The Sword in the Stone"?
(a) Peter.
(b) William.
(c) Snot.
(d) Wart.

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

4. What type of hawks did White see in Three Parks Wood in Chapter 16?
(a) Sparrowhawks.
(b) Broad-winged hawk.
(c) Hobbies.
(d) Coopers Hawk.

5. In Chapter 24, what did the doctor look like that Helen went to see?
(a) Dark-haired with a neat beard.
(b) Large and blonde.
(c) Tall and red-haired.
(d) Blonde-haired with blue eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did White's bird step onto his fist and feed?

2. In Chapter 24, what time did the author say that she woke every morning?

3. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?

4. What poem did Helen remember reading during the first years she was slogging through her degree?

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

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