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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color did White paint his woodwork?
(a) Yellow and green.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Blue and red.

2. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter 14, by the fourth day of training, how far is Mabel flying to Helen?
(a) 15 yards.
(b) 50 yards.
(c) 35 yards.
(d) 25 yards.

4. How many time did the author weigh merlins when she used to fly them?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of White's dog?

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

4. What was Mabel's flying weight?

5. What did the author mention that White drank at the beginning of Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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