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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the Goshawk?
(a) 19 to 24 inches.
(b) 11 to 13 inches.
(c) 8 to 10 inches.
(d) 12 to 16 inches.

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

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

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

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

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

7. If White had known what he was doing, how long would it have taken to fly his bird free?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

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

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

10. What color did White paint his woodwork?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) Yellow and green.

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

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

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

14. What color was the skin of the author's hawk near her beak?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Beige.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, what type of bird feather did Helen see by the path?

3. How long did it take Helen's father to photograph every single bridge over the Thames?

4. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?

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