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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. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that the winds blew the ground into a yellow cloud that obscured the sun?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1811.

2. What did the author mention that White drank at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Rum.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Ale.
(d) Wine.

3. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

4. In Chapter 3, when had the author convinced herself that she was pretty much back to normal?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) September.

5. In Chapter 6, how much did White's rented cottage cost him weekly?
(a) 8 shillings.
(b) 6 shillings.
(c) 4 shillings.
(d) 5 shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was bating?

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

4. Why was White pleased with himself at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. What artwork did the author describe in Chapter 6?

6. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

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

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

9. What journey did White's goshawk take to him?

10. Where was White's cottage located?

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