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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 author watch over and over again after her father died?
(a) A Family at War.
(b) Within These Walls.
(c) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
(d) Father, Dear Father.

2. In Chapter 11 during the second expedition outside, how long did it take Mabel to get over her apprehension?
(a) A couple minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) A few seconds.
(d) 5 minutes.

3. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?
(a) 65 miles.
(b) 215 miles.
(c) 400 miles.
(d) 150 miles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color plumes did Wart grow?

2. How much of the author's life was spent in an incubator when she was a newborn?

3. Where did the author's father die?

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

5. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

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

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

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

6. How did Simon Latham describe goshawks in 1615?

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

8. Where was White's cottage located?

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

10. In Chapter 2, what did the waiter do when Helen did not eat?

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