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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were people in a line outside the cafe where the author had coffee in Chapter 17?
(a) For tickets to a movie.
(b) New book at the bookstore.
(c) Bank run.
(d) For tickets to a concert.

2. What poem did Helen remember reading during the first years she was slogging through her degree?
(a) "The Owl and the Nightingale."
(b) "Sir Orfeo."
(c) "King Horn."
(d) "Huon of Bordeaux."

3. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

5. What color streaked the front of the author's hawk like teardrops in Chapter 7?
(a) Cocoa.
(b) Cream.
(c) Milk.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the memorial, how old did Helen think her father was in the story she told about him spotting an RAF plane?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?

3. What did White whistle in Chapter 13 to his hawk?

4. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 30?

5. In Chapter 20, what did Helen fill the freezer in her new house with?

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