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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. At the beginning of Chapter 19, what prey did Helen allow Mabel to go after?
(a) Hen pheasant.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Lark.

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

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

4. What business did Scott McNeff run?
(a) Sporting goods store.
(b) Manufacturing plant.
(c) Ice-cream emporium.
(d) Restaurant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the main character in White's book "The Sword in the Stone"?

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

3. In Chapter 22, how old was the man who wanted to ask questions about Helen's goshawk at the fair?

4. In Chapter 20, who told White that there were agitated rooks in the nearby woods?

5. What did Stuart offer to fly with Helen in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How was Mabel acting in Chapter 25 when Helen took her up the hill?

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

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

10. What die Helen see in the dry valley in Chapter 28?

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