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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 poem did Alastair Campbell read during Helen's father's memorial service?
(a) "Composed upon Westminster Bridge."
(b) "The Word is too Much With Us."
(c) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
(d) "A Night Thought."

2. What damage did the author see when she went to get coffee in Chapter 17?
(a) Windows smashed on a store.
(b) A car with a front bumper smashed.
(c) Plants pulled in the park.
(d) Garbage cans tipped over.

3. Where had Helen bought the dress she wore to her father's memorial?
(a) Barbours.
(b) Debenhams.
(c) The Emporium.
(d) Harrods.

4. What color feathers did the bird have that the author saw in a glass box in an art gallery in Chapter 19?
(a) Blue.
(b) Purple.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

5. In Chapter 24, after Helen awoke, how much time did she have before despair crashed in?
(a) 45 seconds.
(b) 30 seconds.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what prey did Mabel catch after the author flushed it for her?

2. How many minutes did Helen sob as the doctor talked about medication in Chapter 24?

3. In Chapter 15, where did Helen, her family, and the picture editor of her father's newspaper discuss a memorial service?

4. Where was Helen at the beginning of Chapter 28?

5. In Chapter 28, in what type of tree did Mabel try to catch a grey squirrel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Helen remember about lobstering with Erin's family?

2. What happened when Helen's father photographed an unfamiliar plane when he was nine or ten?

3. How did Helen feel when she got ready to give the eulogy for her father at the memorial service?

4. What was the new house like that Helen moved to in Chapter 20?

5. Why were bells used in falconry and where were they placed on the bird?

6. What birds did Helen and her friends take to a country fair?

7. Why wasn't Helen depending solely on a bell to track Mabel when she flew free?

8. How was hunting in Maine different from hunting in England?

9. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?

10. What happened when Helen chased Mabel across a lawn in Chapter 25?

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