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

2. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What was the name of the hotel where the author had stayed in Chapter 5?
(a) Riverview Hotel.
(b) 21st Century Hotel.
(c) Seaside Hotel.
(d) Westside Hotel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a pine forest planted in Evelyn's Travelling Sands?

2. What was White's pseudonym for his racy novels?

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

4. What color plumes did Wart grow?

5. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe the landscape she loved very much?

2. How did the author describe the cyclist who stopped to speak to her when she was walking Mabel?

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

4. How did Helen feel as she left home at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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

6. What terrible sin did White commit when training his bird?

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

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

9. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

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

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