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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what did Helen decide she was more of than a hawk?
(a) Chick.
(b) Snake.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Rabbit.

2. In Chapter 20 in a field on the other side of town, how long did it take Mabel to catch a rabbit?
(a) 1 1/2 minutes.
(b) Less than a minute.
(c) 2 1/2 minutes.
(d) About 2 minutes.

3. What type of tree did Mabel swing up into after chasing a rabbit at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Poplar.
(b) Walnut.
(c) Ash.
(d) Birch.

4. By the late 1980s, how many California condors remained?
(a) 31.
(b) 48.
(c) 27.
(d) 15.

5. In Chapter 28, in what type of tree did Mabel try to catch a grey squirrel?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Oak.
(c) Locust.
(d) Ash.

6. When was Britain invited to an International Hunting Exhibition in Germany?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1937.

7. In Chapter 22, what color was Greg's barbary falcon?
(a) Black and tan.
(b) Blue and copper.
(c) Brown and white.
(d) Blue and gray.

8. What month is it in Chapter 19?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) July.

9. In Chapter 25, where did Helen say that she met Erin?
(a) Wales.
(b) France.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

10. What poem did Alastair Campbell read during Helen's father's memorial service?
(a) "A Night Thought."
(b) "Composed upon Westminster Bridge."
(c) "The Word is too Much With Us."
(d) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."

11. In Chapter 26, what birds were in the hedges?
(a) Chaffinch.
(b) Baltic blackbirds.
(c) Thrushes.
(d) Buntings.

12. Before Mabel, where did the author buy her falconry bells?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Turkey.
(c) America.
(d) Egypt.

13. How long did it take Helen to write her father's eulogy at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

14. When did White write the conclusion to "The Once and Future King"?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1940.

15. What type of house did Helen pass when she was chasing Mabel in Chapter 25?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Terrace.
(c) Bungalow.
(d) Georgian.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 19, what prey did Helen allow Mabel to go after?

2. In Chapter 25, when did Scott McNeff say that the deer hunt began in Maine?

3. Who described falconry as a kind of "high-intensity birdwatching"?

4. In Chapter 19, what prey did Mabel catch after the author flushed it for her?

5. What book did Helen re-read in Chapter 21?

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