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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 type of house did Helen pass when she was chasing Mabel in Chapter 25?

2. In Chapter 25, when did Scott McNeff say that the deer hunt began in Maine?

3. When did Sir Thomas Sherley write that flying falcons turned one's eyes to the heavens?

4. In Chapter 17, how long did White write that he had been training Gos?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 28, how were the fields near Helen's mother's house different from the fields where Helen flew Mabel in Cambridge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Helen had to deal with the "loss" of Mabel at the end of the book. Why did she have to leave Mabel and what did that experience reveal about Helen's ability to cope with loss at that point in time?

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