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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 20, who told White that there were agitated rooks in the nearby woods?

2. In Chapter 15, what was the bell that Helen used for Mabel made from?

3. In Chapter 24, what did the doctor look like that Helen went to see?

4. What book did Helen re-read in Chapter 21?

5. in Chapter 15, in what direction from the city did Stuart and Helen go to fly Mabel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what did Helen do with Mabel in the evenings?

2. What birds did Helen and her friends take to a country fair?

3. What happened when White left Gos unattended for a moment in Chapter 16?

4. How did the author feel about death for many years?

5. How did Helen get ready to go to an art gallery in Chapter 19?

6. What was the falconer's trick that was used to stop a hawk from feeling that she had been robbed of her prize?

7. Why were bells used in falconry and where were they placed on the bird?

8. Why did White believe that death waited for Gos when the bird got free?

9. How did Mabel respond when Helen let her fly free in Chapter 18?

10. Why did Helen find it odd that she could hunt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author spent a fair amount of time relating information about T.H. White. Why did the author spend so much time discussing White's life and how did she identify with him?

Essay Topic 2

White gained fellowship through his falconry. What did the author gain from her falconry and how did it help her with the issues that she was struggling with?

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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