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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 18, where was there a horrendous crash outside Cambridge?

2. What was the name of the country fair that Stuart asked Helen to attend in Chapter 22?

3. During the memorial, how old did Helen think her father was in the story she told about him spotting an RAF plane?

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

5. In what type of tree did Gos get entangled in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Helen feel when she got ready to give the eulogy for her father at the memorial service?

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

4. How did Mabel begin to act when she came into yarak?

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

6. Why did Helen put a rabbit out of its misery in Chapter 21?

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

8. What was the new house like that Helen moved to in Chapter 20?

9. How was Mabel acting in Chapter 25 when Helen took her up the hill?

10. What die Helen see in the dry valley in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 25, the hunt changed. How had Helen changed after the memorial service? How did those changes affect the hunt and the relationship between Helen and Mabel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Mabel began rebelling against the hood. The aim of this less to examine what the hood meant to the hawk, how that meaning changed, and why the hood symbolized something different for the bird as training progressed.

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