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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) Land Rover.
(b) SUVs.
(c) Jeep.
(d) Range Rover.

2. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 72 hours.

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what did Helen give Mabel to eat?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Snake.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Cockerel chick.

5. What did the author drive in Chapter 1?
(a) Fiat.
(b) Mini Cooper.
(c) Volkswagen.
(d) Audi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what did the author feed her hawk when she took off the hood from the hawk's head?

2. What color did White paint his woodwork?

3. What did a waiter bring Helen the night her father died?

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

5. In Chapter 14, by the fourth day of training, how far is Mabel flying to Helen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

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

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

9. What terrible sin did White commit when training his bird?

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

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