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Helen Macdonald
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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H is for Hawk Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Helen Macdonald
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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 did the hawk's name mean?
(a) Precious.
(b) Flirtatious.
(c) Loveable or dear.
(d) Beautiful.

2. In Chapter 9, what time did an unhappy wail come from a pram outside the author's window?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 9, what creature did the author compare the hawk to when the author said the hawk seemed alien?
(a) Lizard.
(b) Iguana.
(c) Rat.
(d) Snake.

4. In Chapter 10, how many days and nights had the author planned to keep the hawk awake?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. What did a waiter bring Helen the night her father died?
(a) Gourmet chocolates.
(b) Double chocolate brownie with ice cream.
(c) German chocolate cake.
(d) Hot fudge sundae.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when had the author convinced herself that she was pretty much back to normal?

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

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

4. How long did it take Helen's father to photograph every single bridge over the Thames?

5. In Chapter 4, what color was the cover of the notebook White was writing in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

3. How did Christina react when Helen asked her to help train Mabel?

4. How did Simon Latham describe goshawks in 1615?

5. In Chapter 10, how did the author's hawk react to the hood and why?

6. What was a "tiring"?

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

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

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

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

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