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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 55.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 40.

2. What did White whistle in Chapter 13 to his hawk?
(a) In the Garden.
(b) Psalm 23.
(c) All Creatures Great and Small.
(d) Fairest Lord Jesus.

3. What was the name of White's dog?
(a) Rover.
(b) Brownie.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Red.

4. Where did the author's father die?
(a) At church.
(b) At home.
(c) St. Thomas' Hospital.
(d) St. Andrews' Hospital.

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 14, by the fourth day of training, how far is Mabel flying to Helen?
(a) 50 yards.
(b) 25 yards.
(c) 35 yards.
(d) 15 yards.

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

12. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?
(a) A burned-out house.
(b) At her father's grave.
(c) An old barn.
(d) In a field with her father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?

2. In Chapter 11 during the second expedition outside, how long did it take Mabel to get over her apprehension?

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

4. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?

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

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