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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 Chapter 1, when did the author say that she ended up in the Brecklands?
(a) 12 months ago.
(b) 7 years ago.
(c) 8 months ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

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

3. How long was the Goshawk?
(a) 19 to 24 inches.
(b) 11 to 13 inches.
(c) 8 to 10 inches.
(d) 12 to 16 inches.

4. What was the name of the hotel where the author had stayed in Chapter 5?
(a) Riverview Hotel.
(b) Westside Hotel.
(c) Seaside Hotel.
(d) 21st Century Hotel.

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?

2. How much money did the author have with her in Chapter 5?

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

4. How much weight could make a difference in how Helen's merlins flew?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Simon Latham describe goshawks in 1615?

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

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

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

5. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

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

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

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

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. What artwork did the author describe in Chapter 6?

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