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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 14, by the fourth day of training, how far is Mabel flying to Helen?

2. In Chapter 3, what color eyes did the goshawks have?

3. During White's first night with his hawk, where did he set it loose?

4. What color grey were Goshawks in the air?

5. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was bating?

2. What artwork did the author describe in Chapter 6?

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

4. How are sparrowhawks and goshawks alike and unalike?

5. What did the author have to do to train her hawk?

6. Why was the author terrified in Chapter 3?

7. What was White's childhood like?

8. In Chapter 3, why did some men stay behind when their companions left for the day?

9. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

10. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

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

Helen and White had different ways of facing their fears. How were their methods for dealing with fears different, and what was lost or gained because of the way they handled fear?

Essay Topic 3

The author saw the jesses she created as symbols. What did the jesses symbolize to the author and why?

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