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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 falconers drive in Chapter 3?
(a) Range Rover.
(b) SUVs.
(c) Land Rover.
(d) Jeep.

2. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?
(a) 50 yards.
(b) 30 yards.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 75 yards.

3. What did Christina bring in Chapter 9?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Chinese food.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Coffee and Sunday papers.

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

5. In Chapter 13, how many years had Helen been a Cambridge Fellow?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?

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

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

4. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?

5. When the author was a child, where was her favorite den?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

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

5. How did the author describe her hotel room in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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