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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the hotel where the author had stayed in Chapter 5?
(a) Riverview Hotel.
(b) Seaside Hotel.
(c) Westside Hotel.
(d) 21st Century Hotel.

3. In Chapter 11, what time of day did Helen leave the house with her hawk?
(a) Evening.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Morning.

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

5. In Chapter 10, how many days and nights had the author planned to keep the hawk awake?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hawk's name mean?

2. In Chapter 4, who authored the book White read about falconry?

3. How long after the author set out with the falconers in Chapter 3, did they see a goshawk kill a pheasant?

4. In Chapter 9, what creature did the author compare the hawk to when the author said the hawk seemed alien?

5. In Chapter 7, what did the author feed her hawk when she took off the hood from the hawk's head?

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