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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) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

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

3. How much sleep did White have when he was first training his hawk?
(a) 15 hours in 7 days.
(b) 6 hours in 6 days.
(c) 3 hours in one day.
(d) 12 hours in three days.

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

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

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

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

8. From where did the Fifth Earl of Bedford import falcons?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Nova Scotia and New England.
(c) Canada and Russia.
(d) India.

9. When did a scientist called Thorpe work from a research station in Madingley?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

10. How much money did the author have with her in Chapter 5?
(a) 800 pounds.
(b) 650 pounds.
(c) 750 pounds.
(d) 600 pounds.

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how much did White's rented cottage cost him weekly?

2. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that the winds blew the ground into a yellow cloud that obscured the sun?

3. In Chapter 12, where is the man from that Helen speaks to when she is out walking with her hawk?

4. What bird did the author hear outside her window at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

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