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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. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?

2. In Chapter 12, what color bucket was a man using to clean the bottom of a racing boat?

3. What color streaked the front of the author's hawk like teardrops in Chapter 7?

4. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What did the falconers drive in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was White's cottage located?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what did the waiter do when Helen did not eat?

4. What was a "tiring"?

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

6. What journey did White's goshawk take to him?

7. What terrible sin did White commit when training his bird?

8. In Chapter 10, how did the author's hawk react to the hood and why?

9. How did the author describe her hotel room in Chapter 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

White made many mistakes with his hawk. Why was training so difficult for White, and how did his personality and inner conflicts make the training difficult?

Essay Topic 2

White had mixed feelings about his success in getting Gos to fly in Chapter 15. Why did White had mixed feelings about the event and what in his past contributed to his struggle with success?

Essay Topic 3

White felt reborn after lying in the "grave" he made for himself to wait for Gos to return. What was the "grave" and why did it help White discard some things from his past and help him become a new man?

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