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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was White's pseudonym for his racy novels?
(a) David Wyatt.
(b) William Baker.
(c) Peter Andrews.
(d) James Aston.

2. How many time did the author weigh merlins when she used to fly them?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that the winds blew the ground into a yellow cloud that obscured the sun?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1811.

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

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

6. What did the author drive in Chapter 1?
(a) Audi.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) Mini Cooper.
(d) Fiat.

7. 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.

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

9. During White's first night with his hawk, where did he set it loose?
(a) In his living room.
(b) In a glassed-in porch.
(c) In his bedroom.
(d) In the barn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, how many days pass as the author had the hawk almost constantly on her fist?

3. What color did White paint his woodwork?

4. When was a pine forest planted in Evelyn's Travelling Sands?

5. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?

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