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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

2. In Chapter 6, how much did White's rented cottage cost him weekly?
(a) 6 shillings.
(b) 4 shillings.
(c) 5 shillings.
(d) 8 shillings.

3. What did a waiter bring Helen the night her father died?
(a) Gourmet chocolates.
(b) Hot fudge sundae.
(c) German chocolate cake.
(d) Double chocolate brownie with ice cream.

4. What did the author watch over and over again after her father died?
(a) Within These Walls.
(b) Father, Dear Father.
(c) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
(d) A Family at War.

5. How long after the author set out with the falconers in Chapter 3, did they see a goshawk kill a pheasant?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When White took her hawk, how many were there in European forests?

2. Where was the landscape the author had come to love very much?

3. How long did it take Helen's father to photograph every single bridge over the Thames?

4. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?

5. Where did the author's father die?

(see the answer key)

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