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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 19, what prey did Mabel catch after the author flushed it for her?

2. What was the name of Scott McNeff's red-tailed hawk?

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

4. In Chapter 25, where did Helen say that she met Erin?

5. What damage did the author see when she went to get coffee in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Helen remember about lobstering with Erin's family?

2. How did Mabel start to act when he had been eating nothing but quail for a week?

3. Why did White make a trap in Chapter 16?

4. How was hunting in Maine different from hunting in England?

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

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

7. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?

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

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

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

The author told about her father's death. How did her father's death affect her and how did it change her life?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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