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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what did the author feed her hawk when she took off the hood from the hawk's head?
(a) Raw steak.
(b) Liver.
(c) Raw chicken.
(d) Gizzards.

2. In Chapter 14, what did a woman do that made Helen furious?
(a) Hit Helen's car.
(b) Almost ran Helen over with a bike.
(c) Took down an ad with a skylark on it.
(d) Approached her when she was training Mabel.

3. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Orange.

4. What color plumes did Wart grow?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Purple.

5. In Chapter 13, when did Helen say that her college job would end?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much sleep did White have when he was first training his hawk?

2. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?

3. Who described falconry as a kind of "high-intensity birdwatching"?

4. In Chapter 18, what did White tie to all the places where Gos had been in an effort to get Gos back?

5. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?

(see the answer key)

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