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

2. What disease did a rabbit have that Helen put out of its misery in Chapter 21?
(a) Pasteurella Multocida.
(b) Enterotoxemia.
(c) Degenerative joint disease.
(d) Myxomatosis.

3. In Chapter 25, how far did Mabel clock a pile of woodpigeons on a plough?
(a) 1/3 mile.
(b) 1/8 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 1/4 mile.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 25, how many days have passed?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 25, when did Scott McNeff say that the deer hunt began in Maine?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many falconers were in German at the time Britain was invited to attend the International Hunting Exhibition in Germany?

3. What type of tree did Mabel swing up into after chasing a rabbit at the beginning of Chapter 25?

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

5. How long did it take Helen to write her father's eulogy at the end of Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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