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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. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?

3. During what century were goshawks described as sociable and familiar?

4. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

2. What was bating?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did the author say that everything about the hawk was turned to hunt and kill?

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

10. What was a "tiring"?

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

The author told about her father's death. How did her father's death affect her and how did it change her life?

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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