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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 25 when Helen went into Cambridge where did she like to park?
(a) By a fountain.
(b) Next to a park.
(c) Multi-story car park.
(d) In back of the library.

2. In Chapter 18, what did White tie to all the places where Gos had been in an effort to get Gos back?
(a) Chick.
(b) Liver.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Steak.

3. In Chapter 18, where was there a horrendous crash outside Cambridge?
(a) M6.
(b) M18.
(c) A14.
(d) A30.

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

5. In Chapter 24, what did the doctor look like that Helen went to see?
(a) Tall and red-haired.
(b) Dark-haired with a neat beard.
(c) Blonde-haired with blue eyes.
(d) Large and blonde.

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

7. In Chapter 15, what did Stuart discover was Mabel's flying weight?
(a) 14.5 ounces
(b) 15.5 ounces.
(c) 15 ounces.
(d) 14 ounces.

8. What damage did the author see when she went to get coffee in Chapter 17?
(a) A car with a front bumper smashed.
(b) Windows smashed on a store.
(c) Plants pulled in the park.
(d) Garbage cans tipped over.

9. Who once wrote that falconry was a balancing act between wild and tame?
(a) David Williams.
(b) Bryce Peterson.
(c) Aldo Leopold.
(d) Bill Andrews.

10. In Chapter 20, who told White that there were agitated rooks in the nearby woods?
(a) Mrs. White.
(b) Milkman.
(c) Postman.
(d) Farmer.

11. Where did Helen spend Christmas in Chapter 27?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) America.
(d) London.

12. In Chapter 20, what did Helen fill the freezer in her new house with?
(a) Hawk food, casseroles, and ice cream.
(b) Hawk food and frozen dinners.
(c) Hawk food, steaks, and vegetables.
(d) Hawk food and frozen pizzas.

13. How much of the British rabbit population was killed by a virus?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 95 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 15 percent.

14. What disease did a rabbit have that Helen put out of its misery in Chapter 21?
(a) Pasteurella Multocida.
(b) Enterotoxemia.
(c) Myxomatosis.
(d) Degenerative joint disease.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, when did a rabbit virus arrive in Britain?

2. In Chapter 15, where did Helen go and leave Mabel at home?

3. In Chapter 18 after forty minutes, how far were Helen and Christina from Helen's house because of a traffic accident?

4. In Chapter 22, how old was the man who wanted to ask questions about Helen's goshawk at the fair?

5. When did Sir Thomas Sherley write that flying falcons turned one's eyes to the heavens?

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