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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when had the author convinced herself that she was pretty much back to normal?
(a) November.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) July.

2. In Chapter 12, what color bucket was a man using to clean the bottom of a racing boat?
(a) Silver.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

3. In Chapter 13, when did Helen say that her college job would end?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 month.

4. What color did White paint his woodwork?
(a) Yellow and green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) White.

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) May 5, 1934.
(b) June 23, 1933.
(c) April 11, 1935.
(d) March 16, 1936.

6. What was the name of White's dog?
(a) Rover.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Red.
(d) Brownie.

7. How much weight could make a difference in how Helen's merlins flew?
(a) 1/2 ounce.
(b) 1/8 ounce.
(c) 1/3 ounce.
(d) 1/6 ounce.

8. When did a scientist called Thorpe work from a research station in Madingley?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1960s.

9. In Chapter 4, who authored the book White read about falconry?
(a) Philip Glasier.
(b) Gerald Lascellas.
(c) Gage Earle Freeman.
(d) Captain GIlbert Blaine.

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

11. In Chapter 10, how many days and nights had the author planned to keep the hawk awake?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. In Chapter 11, what type of bird feather did Helen see by the path?
(a) Robin.
(b) Dove.
(c) Woodpigeon.
(d) Pigeon.

13. How far did Mabel have to jump in Chapter 12 to get food Helen held in her glove?
(a) 7 inches.
(b) 10 inches.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) 4 inches.

14. Where was the landscape the author had come to love very much?
(a) Near Bristol.
(b) West of London.
(c) 45 minutes north-east of Cambridge.
(d) 15 minutes south-west of Westminster.

15. What did the falconers drive in Chapter 3?
(a) SUVs.
(b) Jeep.
(c) Land Rover.
(d) Range Rover.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what did Helen give Mabel to eat?

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

4. In Chapter 12, where is the man from that Helen speaks to when she is out walking with her hawk?

5. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?

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