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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did the Fifth Earl of Bedford import falcons?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Canada and Russia.
(c) Nova Scotia and New England.
(d) India.

2. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?
(a) 72 hours.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

3. When was a pine forest planted in Evelyn's Travelling Sands?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1930s.

4. What did the falconers drive in Chapter 3?
(a) Land Rover.
(b) SUVs.
(c) Range Rover.
(d) Jeep.

5. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that she ended up in the Brecklands?
(a) 7 years ago.
(b) 12 months ago.
(c) 8 months ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the author's life was spent in an incubator when she was a newborn?

2. Where had the goshawk been bred that the author was fetching in Chapter 5?

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

4. In Chapter 6, how much did White's rented cottage cost him weekly?

5. What color streaked the front of the author's hawk like teardrops in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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