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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) Garbage cans tipped over.
(b) Windows smashed on a store.
(c) A car with a front bumper smashed.
(d) Plants pulled in the park.

2. Where was White in 1939 hiding from the war?
(a) America.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Wales.

3. In Chapter 23, what did Helen give Mabel to eat after realizing Mabel must have been hungry?
(a) Half a rabbit.
(b) A whole dead pigeon.
(c) Steak.
(d) 3 dead chicks.

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

5. When did Sir Thomas Sherley write that flying falcons turned one's eyes to the heavens?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 15th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the late 1980s, how many California condors remained?

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

3. In Chapter 21, when did a rabbit virus arrive in Britain?

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

5. How many engines did the plane have that Helen saw when she was out with Mabel in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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