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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far did Mabel have to jump in Chapter 12 to get food Helen held in her glove?
(a) 10 inches.
(b) 4 inches.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) 7 inches.

2. When did the author's father take a picture of the Beatles sitting at a cafe table on the Champs-Elysees?
(a) 1962
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.

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

4. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that the winds blew the ground into a yellow cloud that obscured the sun?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1703.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1811.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Jesuit spy Robert Shoutwell terrified he'd be found out because he kept forgetting his falconry terms?

2. What color did White paint his woodwork?

3. If White had known what he was doing, how long would it have taken to fly his bird free?

4. What was White's pseudonym for his racy novels?

5. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?

(see the answer key)

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