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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 Helen remember reading during the first years she was slogging through her degree?
(a) "Huon of Bordeaux."
(b) "The Owl and the Nightingale."
(c) "Sir Orfeo."
(d) "King Horn."

2. In Chapter 24, what time did the author say that she woke every morning?
(a) 4:30.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 5:30.

3. In Chapter 17, what was the weather like when Gos broke free and flew from the barn?
(a) Cloudy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Rainy.

4. Where did Helen spend Christmas in Chapter 27?
(a) Berlin.
(b) America.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

5. When was Britain invited to an International Hunting Exhibition in Germany?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how long did White write that he had been training Gos?

2. What damage did the author see when she went to get coffee in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 25, where did Helen say that she met Erin?

4. What color feathers did the bird have that the author saw in a glass box in an art gallery in Chapter 19?

5. Why were people in a line outside the cafe where the author had coffee in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Mabel catch a rabbit with Helen's help in Chapter 22?

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

4. What happened when White left Gos unattended for a moment in Chapter 16?

5. Why did Helen find it odd that she could hunt?

6. How did Helen get ready to go to an art gallery in Chapter 19?

7. What type of education did White give Wart in his book "The Sword in the Stone"?

8. Why did White cry during his birthday in India when he received a wooden play-castle?

9. Why did White believe that death waited for Gos when the bird got free?

10. How did the author feel about death for many years?

(see the answer keys)

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