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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 did Stuart offer to fly with Helen in Chapter 15?
2. In Chapter 25, how far did Mabel clock a pile of woodpigeons on a plough?
3. How many falconers were in German at the time Britain was invited to attend the International Hunting Exhibition in Germany?
4. Where had Helen bought the dress she wore to her father's memorial?
5. What prey did White put in a falconer's trap in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What birds did Helen and her friends take to a country fair?
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. How did the author feel about death for many years?
4. How did Mabel begin to act when she came into yarak?
5. What did Helen remember about lobstering with Erin's family?
6. Why did White make a trap in Chapter 16?
7. Why did Helen find it odd that she could hunt?
8. How did Mabel start to act when he had been eating nothing but quail for a week?
9. How was Mabel acting in Chapter 25 when Helen took her up the hill?
10. How did Mabel respond when Helen let her fly free in Chapter 18?
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 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?
Essay Topic 3
White felt reborn after lying in the "grave" he made for himself to wait for Gos to return. What was the "grave" and why did it help White discard some things from his past and help him become a new man?
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