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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was a pine forest planted in Evelyn's Travelling Sands?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1920s.

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

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) 12 hours in three days.
(d) 3 hours in one day.

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

5. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 75 yards.
(c) 30 yards.
(d) 50 yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author mention that White drank at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. What did Christina bring in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 13, how many years had Helen been a Cambridge Fellow?

4. What time did White's bird step onto his fist and feed?

5. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the schoolboys he taught look up to White?

2. Why did the author say that everything about the hawk was turned to hunt and kill?

3. What did a old female goshawk look like that was brought to a bird-of-prey center where Helen worked at one time?

4. How did Simon Latham describe goshawks in 1615?

5. What was important to do when training a hawk?

6. How did the author describe how her meeting with the falconer looked in Chapter 5?

7. In Chapter 3, why did some men stay behind when their companions left for the day?

8. How did Mabel change once she attained her flying weight?

9. What did the author have to do to train her hawk?

10. Why was the author terrified in Chapter 3?

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