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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. During White's first night with his hawk, where did he set it loose?
(a) In his living room.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In a glassed-in porch.
(d) In the barn.

2. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Orange.

3. When the author was a child, where was her favorite den?
(a) Under a rhodendron bush.
(b) A small cave.
(c) Abandoned shed.
(d) Under the front porch of her house.

4. In Chapter 11, how men men did Helen hide from behind a tree trunk?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what did a woman do that made Helen furious?

2. In Chapter 3, how old was the goshawk that the author arranged to pick up in Scotland?

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

4. In Chapter 12, what color bucket was a man using to clean the bottom of a racing boat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

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

5. Why was the author terrified in Chapter 3?

6. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

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

8. In Chapter 2, what did the waiter do when Helen did not eat?

9. Where was White's cottage located?

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

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