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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. What bird did the author hear outside her window at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?

3. In Chapter 9, what creature did the author compare the hawk to when the author said the hawk seemed alien?

4. In Chapter 13, how many years had Helen been a Cambridge Fellow?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was White's childhood like?

6. What was important to do when training a hawk?

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

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

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

Helen learned about community and friendship in Chapter 27. What did Helen learn about community and friendship and how did that knowledge help her as she continued to heal?

Essay Topic 2

Helen attended a country fair in Chapter 22. What gamut of emotions did she go through at first? How did she make peace and become comfortable with being at the fair and being around so many people?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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