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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 birds flew up from the roof when Helen took Mabel to the campus where she worked in Chapter 13?
(a) White doves.
(b) Goldfinches.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Wrens.

2. In Chapter 3, how old was the goshawk that the author arranged to pick up in Scotland?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 15 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 10 weeks.

3. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 75 yards.
(c) 50 yards.
(d) 30 yards.

4. What bird did the author hear outside her window at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Wren.
(b) Chaffinch.
(c) Crow.
(d) Robin.

5. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were people in a line outside the cafe where the author had coffee in Chapter 17?

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

3. What color plumes did Wart grow?

4. What did Christina bring in Chapter 9?

5. How old was T.H. White when he had been a schoolmaster at Stowe for five years?

(see the answer key)

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