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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author's father take a picture of the Beatles sitting at a cafe table on the Champs-Elysees?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962
(c) 1965.
(d) 1963.

2. In Chapter 11, what ruins did White walk to with his hawk?
(a) An old farmhouse.
(b) An old barn.
(c) St. Thomas the Martyr chapel.
(d) St. Catherine's chapel.

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

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

5. In Chapter 9, how many days pass as the author had the hawk almost constantly on her fist?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

6. Where had the goshawk been bred that the author was fetching in Chapter 5?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Near Glasgow.
(c) Galway.
(d) Near Belfast.

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

8. In Chapter 9, what time did an unhappy wail come from a pram outside the author's window?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

9. In Chapter 14, what did a woman do that made Helen furious?
(a) Approached her when she was training Mabel.
(b) Almost ran Helen over with a bike.
(c) Hit Helen's car.
(d) Took down an ad with a skylark on it.

10. What did the author watch over and over again after her father died?
(a) A Family at War.
(b) Father, Dear Father.
(c) Within These Walls.
(d) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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

12. What did Christina bring in Chapter 9?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Coffee and Sunday papers.
(c) Chinese food.
(d) Pizza.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what did Helen give Mabel to eat?
(a) Cockerel chick.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Snake.
(d) Rabbit.

14. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that she ended up in the Brecklands?
(a) 8 months ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 12 months ago.

15. How long was the Goshawk?
(a) 11 to 13 inches.
(b) 12 to 16 inches.
(c) 19 to 24 inches.
(d) 8 to 10 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Jesuit spy Robert Shoutwell terrified he'd be found out because he kept forgetting his falconry terms?

2. In Chapter 7, what did the author feed her hawk when she took off the hood from the hawk's head?

3. How much sleep did White have when he was first training his hawk?

4. Where was the cottage where White lived located?

5. What type of car did Helen's father drive?

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