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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 did Scott McNeff say that the deer hunt began in Maine?
(a) December.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) November.

2. in Chapter 15, in what direction from the city did Stuart and Helen go to fly Mabel?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

3. By the late 1980s, how many California condors remained?
(a) 27.
(b) 48.
(c) 15.
(d) 31.

4. When was the film "A Canterbury Tale" by Powell and Pressburger released?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1945.

5. Who described falconry as a kind of "high-intensity birdwatching"?
(a) Professor Tom Cade.
(b) Dr. Andrew Carruthers.
(c) T. H. White.
(d) Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what was the bell that Helen used for Mabel made from?

2. In Chapter 23, what did Helen give Mabel to eat after realizing Mabel must have been hungry?

3. In what type of tree did Gos get entangled in Chapter 16?

4. In Chapter 15, where did Helen go and leave Mabel at home?

5. In Chapter 21, what did Helen see walkers gathered around as she drove back to the house after a hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Helen feel when she got ready to give the eulogy for her father at the memorial service?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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