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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 25 when Helen went into Cambridge where did she like to park?
(a) Multi-story car park.
(b) By a fountain.
(c) Next to a park.
(d) In back of the library.

2. What month is it in Chapter 19?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.

3. Why were people in a line outside the cafe where the author had coffee in Chapter 17?
(a) Bank run.
(b) For tickets to a movie.
(c) For tickets to a concert.
(d) New book at the bookstore.

4. In Chapter 18, what did White tie to all the places where Gos had been in an effort to get Gos back?
(a) Steak.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Chick.
(d) Liver.

5. In Chapter 16, what did White plan to put in a trap he made?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Blackbird.
(c) Wren.
(d) Crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once wrote that falconry was a balancing act between wild and tame?

2. During the memorial, how old did Helen think her father was in the story she told about him spotting an RAF plane?

3. What type of dog did a retired couple have who were from Helen's mother's village?

4. How long were the days in Chapter 26?

5. In Chapter 17, what could the author hear a woman calling in the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Helen put a rabbit out of its misery in Chapter 21?

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

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

7. What was the falconer's trick that was used to stop a hawk from feeling that she had been robbed of her prize?

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

9. How did Mabel start to act when he had been eating nothing but quail for a week?

10. In Chapter 28, how were the fields near Helen's mother's house different from the fields where Helen flew Mabel in Cambridge?

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