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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much weight could make a difference in how Helen's merlins flew?
(a) 1/2 ounce.
(b) 1/6 ounce.
(c) 1/3 ounce.
(d) 1/8 ounce.

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

5. In Chapter 14, what types of birds did Mabel seem to look at in a book?
(a) Finches.
(b) Thrushes.
(c) Partridges.
(d) Seabirds.

6. Where did the author's father die?
(a) St. Andrews' Hospital.
(b) At home.
(c) St. Thomas' Hospital.
(d) At church.

7. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that the winds blew the ground into a yellow cloud that obscured the sun?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1703.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1688.

8. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 72 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

9. What did the author drive in Chapter 1?
(a) Mini Cooper.
(b) Audi.
(c) Volkswagen.
(d) Fiat.

10. What time did White's bird step onto his fist and feed?
(a) 1:10 p.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) 3:05 a.m.

11. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?
(a) 55.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 40.
(d) 1,500.

12. What was the name of White's dog?
(a) Rover.
(b) Red.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Brownie.

13. In Chapter 11, what time of day did Helen leave the house with her hawk?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Evening.
(d) Morning.

14. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

15. Where had the goshawk been bred that the author was fetching in Chapter 5?
(a) Near Glasgow.
(b) Near Belfast.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Galway.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?

4. In Chapter 10, how many days and nights had the author planned to keep the hawk awake?

5. From where did the Fifth Earl of Bedford import falcons?

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