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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 21, what did Helen see walkers gathered around as she drove back to the house after a hunt?

2. Who described falconry as a kind of "high-intensity birdwatching"?

3. In Chapter 19, what prey did Mabel catch after the author flushed it for her?

4. In Chapter 22, how old was the man who wanted to ask questions about Helen's goshawk at the fair?

5. In Chapter 17, what could the author hear a woman calling in the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did White cry during his birthday in India when he received a wooden play-castle?

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

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

4. Why wasn't Helen depending solely on a bell to track Mabel when she flew free?

5. How did Mabel catch a rabbit with Helen's help in Chapter 22?

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

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

8. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?

9. How did Mabel start to act when he had been eating nothing but quail for a week?

10. What happened when Helen chased Mabel across a lawn in Chapter 25?

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

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?

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