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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the film "A Canterbury Tale" by Powell and Pressburger released?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1939.

2. What did Stuart offer to fly with Helen in Chapter 15?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Gyrfalcon.
(c) Tiercel.
(d) Prairie falcon.

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

4. In Chapter 20 in a field on the other side of town, how long did it take Mabel to catch a rabbit?
(a) 2 1/2 minutes.
(b) 1 1/2 minutes.
(c) About 2 minutes.
(d) Less than a minute.

5. In Chapter 12, where is the man from that Helen speaks to when she is out walking with her hawk?
(a) Germany.
(b) Kazakhstan.
(c) Turkey.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of White's dog?

4. In Chapter 11, what ruins did White walk to with his hawk?

5. When did a scientist called Thorpe work from a research station in Madingley?

(see the answer key)

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