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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. What type of car did Helen's father drive?
(a) Vauxhill.
(b) Peugeot.
(c) Rover.
(d) Audi.

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

3. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 72 hours.

4. What was the name of White's dog?
(a) Red.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Brownie.
(d) Rover.

5. Where was the cottage where White lived located?
(a) Stowe estate.
(b) Richardson estate.
(c) In a remote wood.
(d) Small village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color streaked the front of the author's hawk like teardrops in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 11, what time of day did Helen leave the house with her hawk?

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

4. In Chapter 6, how much did White's rented cottage cost him weekly?

5. In Chapter 12, where is the man from that Helen speaks to when she is out walking with her hawk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

2. Where was White's cottage located?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was a "tiring"?

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

10. What was bating?

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