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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what time of day did Helen leave the house with her hawk?
(a) Evening.
(b) Morning.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Dawn.

2. In Chapter 13, how many years had Helen been a Cambridge Fellow?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

7. What time did White's bird step onto his fist and feed?
(a) 3:05 a.m.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) 1:10 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

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

9. In Chapter 11, how men men did Helen hide from behind a tree trunk?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

11. In Chapter 11 during the second expedition outside, how long did it take Mabel to get over her apprehension?
(a) A couple minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) A few seconds.
(d) 5 minutes.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how many days and nights had the author planned to keep the hawk awake?

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

3. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?

4. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?

5. What color was the skin of the author's hawk near her beak?

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