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

2. How long after the author set out with the falconers in Chapter 3, did they see a goshawk kill a pheasant?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. In Chapter 9, how many days pass as the author had the hawk almost constantly on her fist?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

5. If White had known what he was doing, how long would it have taken to fly his bird free?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what ruins did White walk to with his hawk?

2. How many time did the author weigh merlins when she used to fly them?

3. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that she ended up in the Brecklands?

4. What was Mabel's flying weight?

5. How long was the Goshawk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

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

3. What was bating?

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

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

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

7. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

8. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

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

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

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