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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. Where did Helen spend Christmas in Chapter 27?

2. In Chapter 23, what did Helen give Mabel to eat after realizing Mabel must have been hungry?

3. In Chapter 15, what did Stuart discover was Mabel's flying weight?

4. In Chapter 15, where did Helen, her family, and the picture editor of her father's newspaper discuss a memorial service?

5. How long were the days in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did White cry during his birthday in India when he received a wooden play-castle?

3. What happened when Helen's father photographed an unfamiliar plane when he was nine or ten?

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

5. What type of education did White give Wart in his book "The Sword in the Stone"?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 24, what did Helen do with Mabel in the evenings?

10. How did Mabel catch a rabbit with Helen's help in Chapter 22?

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

A piece of reindeer moss was important to the author. What did the reindeer moss symbolize for her and why?

Essay Topic 3

The author told about her preference for falcons at one time in her life. Why did the author first fly falcons and why did she later decide to fly a goshawk? What made her change her mind about the goshawk?

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