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

2. In Chapter 18 after forty minutes, how far were Helen and Christina from Helen's house because of a traffic accident?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1/4 mile.

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

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) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

5. In Chapter 24, what did Helen decide she was more of than a hawk?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Snake.
(d) Chick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the friends live who helped Helen and her mother get away for Christmas in Chapter 27?

2. What type of hawks did White see in Three Parks Wood in Chapter 16?

3. When was the film "A Canterbury Tale" by Powell and Pressburger released?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did White make a trap in Chapter 16?

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

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

7. How did Mabel respond when Helen let her fly free in Chapter 18?

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

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

10. In Chapter 24, what did Helen do with Mabel in the evenings?

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