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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

6. Where was the cottage where White lived located?
(a) In a remote wood.
(b) Small village.
(c) Richardson estate.
(d) Stowe estate.

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

8. In Chapter 3, how old was the goshawk that the author arranged to pick up in Scotland?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 10 weeks.
(c) 15 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

9. 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.

10. What birds flew up from the roof when Helen took Mabel to the campus where she worked in Chapter 13?
(a) White doves.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Goldfinches.
(d) Wrens.

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 7, what did the author feed her hawk when she took off the hood from the hawk's head?
(a) Raw chicken.
(b) Gizzards.
(c) Liver.
(d) Raw steak.

15. In Chapter 14, what types of birds did Mabel seem to look at in a book?
(a) Thrushes.
(b) Finches.
(c) Partridges.
(d) Seabirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of White's dog?

2. When White took her hawk, how many were there in European forests?

3. In Chapter 11, what time of day did Helen leave the house with her hawk?

4. What color grey were Goshawks in the air?

5. What did the hawk's name mean?

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