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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 23, what did Helen give Mabel to eat after realizing Mabel must have been hungry?
2. In Chapter 25 when Helen went into Cambridge where did she like to park?
3. How many days of enforced rest had Mabel endured before being let out in Chapter 26 on a cold winter day?
4. In Chapter 20, what did Helen fill the freezer in her new house with?
5. How many engines did the plane have that Helen saw when she was out with Mabel in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were bells used in falconry and where were they placed on the bird?
2. How did Helen get ready to go to an art gallery in Chapter 19?
3. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?
4. Why did White cry during his birthday in India when he received a wooden play-castle?
5. What did Helen remember about lobstering with Erin's family?
6. What happened when Helen's father photographed an unfamiliar plane when he was nine or ten?
7. What type of education did White give Wart in his book "The Sword in the Stone"?
8. Why wasn't Helen depending solely on a bell to track Mabel when she flew free?
9. What happened when Helen chased Mabel across a lawn in Chapter 25?
10. Why did White believe that death waited for Gos when the bird got free?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author saw the jesses she created as symbols. What did the jesses symbolize to the author and why?
Essay Topic 2
The author did not reveal her name until about a third of the way through the book. Why didn't the author reveal her name until then, and what was the significance of the author not revealing her name until partway through the book?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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