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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author drive in Chapter 1?
(a) Fiat.
(b) Mini Cooper.
(c) Audi.
(d) Volkswagen.

2. Where was the cottage where White lived located?
(a) Stowe estate.
(b) Richardson estate.
(c) In a remote wood.
(d) Small village.

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

4. How long did it take Helen's father to photograph every single bridge over the Thames?
(a) A year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) About 8 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. Who sent Helen a job offer for the winter in Chapter 13?
(a) French university.
(b) German university.
(c) Dutch university.
(d) Swiss university.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author was a child, where was her favorite den?

2. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?

3. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?

4. In Chapter 13, how many years had Helen been a Cambridge Fellow?

5. What birds flew up from the roof when Helen took Mabel to the campus where she worked in Chapter 13?

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