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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how men men did Helen hide from behind a tree trunk?

2. When White took her hawk, how many were there in European forests?

3. In Chapter 3, how old was the goshawk that the author arranged to pick up in Scotland?

4. In Chapter 14, how many yards did Helen want Mabel to fly before she would turn her loose?

5. How old was T.H. White when he had been a schoolmaster at Stowe for five years?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe the landscape she loved very much?

2. What did a old female goshawk look like that was brought to a bird-of-prey center where Helen worked at one time?

3. How did Mabel change once she attained her flying weight?

4. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

5. Why did the schoolboys he taught look up to White?

6. How did Simon Latham describe goshawks in 1615?

7. How did the author describe the cyclist who stopped to speak to her when she was walking Mabel?

8. How did Christina react when Helen asked her to help train Mabel?

9. Why was White pleased with himself at the beginning of Chapter 13?

10. What was bating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 21, Helen felt torn between two worlds. What two worlds was she caught between and how did she manage to remain in the world of humans, rather than become a hawk?

Essay Topic 2

A piece of reindeer moss was important to the author. What did the reindeer moss symbolize for her and why?

Essay Topic 3

Helen's thought about death changed from when she was a child. What caused Helen's outlook on death to change and how did this change in point of view affect her?

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