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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

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

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

4. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 55.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 40.

5. What type of car did Helen's father drive?
(a) Peugeot.
(b) Audi.
(c) Vauxhill.
(d) Rover.

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

7. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Orange.
(d) Black.

8. How long after the author set out with the falconers in Chapter 3, did they see a goshawk kill a pheasant?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?
(a) 150 miles
(b) 65 miles.
(c) 400 miles.
(d) 215 miles.

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

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

12. What bird did the author hear outside her window at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Crow.
(b) Robin.
(c) Wren.
(d) Chaffinch.

13. What was Mabel's flying weight?
(a) 3 pounds 4 ounces.
(b) 2 pounds 2 ounces.
(c) 2 pounds 1 1/2 ounces.
(d) 3 pounds 1 ounce.

14. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

15. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author mention that White drank at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. How many time did the author weigh merlins when she used to fly them?

3. In Chapter 14, what did a woman do that made Helen furious?

4. What was White's pseudonym for his racy novels?

5. If White had known what he was doing, how long would it have taken to fly his bird free?

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