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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 25 when Helen went into Cambridge where did she like to park?
2. In Chapter 20, who told White that there were agitated rooks in the nearby woods?
3. What type of hawks did White see in Three Parks Wood in Chapter 16?
4. In Chapter 18, what did White tie to all the places where Gos had been in an effort to get Gos back?
5. In Chapter 24, what did Helen decide she was more of than a hawk?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the falconer's trick that was used to stop a hawk from feeling that she had been robbed of her prize?
2. Why did White cry during his birthday in India when he received a wooden play-castle?
3. What was the new house like that Helen moved to in Chapter 20?
4. Why wasn't Helen depending solely on a bell to track Mabel when she flew free?
5. What birds did Helen and her friends take to a country fair?
6. What type of education did White give Wart in his book "The Sword in the Stone"?
7. What happened when Helen's father photographed an unfamiliar plane when he was nine or ten?
8. How was hunting in Maine different from hunting in England?
9. In Chapter 28, how were the fields near Helen's mother's house different from the fields where Helen flew Mabel in Cambridge?
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
A piece of reindeer moss was important to the author. What did the reindeer moss symbolize for her and why?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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