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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was the Jesuit spy Robert Shoutwell terrified he'd be found out because he kept forgetting his falconry terms?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 15th century.
(d) 17th century.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the landscape the author had come to love very much?

2. What bird did the author see in a glass box in an art gallery in Chapter 19?

3. How many engines did the plane have that Helen saw when she was out with Mabel in Chapter 20?

4. By the late 1980s, how many California condors remained?

5. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?

(see the answer key)

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