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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of dog did a retired couple have who were from Helen's mother's village?
(a) Dachshund.
(b) Bull dog.
(c) Golden retreiver.
(d) Terrier.

2. How large is the bell that the author attaches at the base of Mabel's tail in Chapter 15?
(a) Size of an acorn.
(b) Size of a pea.
(c) Size of a grape.
(d) Size of a paddle ball.

3. In Chapter 23, what did Helen give Mabel to eat after realizing Mabel must have been hungry?
(a) Steak.
(b) Half a rabbit.
(c) 3 dead chicks.
(d) A whole dead pigeon.

4. How old was T.H. White when he had been a schoolmaster at Stowe for five years?
(a) 29.
(b) 33.
(c) 30.
(d) 31.

5. What poem did Alastair Campbell read during Helen's father's memorial service?
(a) "Composed upon Westminster Bridge."
(b) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
(c) "The Word is too Much With Us."
(d) "A Night Thought."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 25, on sunny mornings where did the larks sleep?

2. What poem did Helen remember reading during the first years she was slogging through her degree?

3. When Helen set Mabel free in Chapter 18, what type of tree did Mabel perch in?

4. In Chapter 15, where did Helen, her family, and the picture editor of her father's newspaper discuss a memorial service?

5. In Chapter 28, how many pairs of trousers did Helen say she had torn to shreds when hawking?

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