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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the hawk's name mean?
(a) Precious.
(b) Flirtatious.
(c) Loveable or dear.
(d) Beautiful.

3. In Chapter 3, when had the author convinced herself that she was pretty much back to normal?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) November.

4. When White took her hawk, how many were there in European forests?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

6. In Chapter 11, what type of bird feather did Helen see by the path?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Woodpigeon.
(c) Dove.
(d) Robin.

7. If White had known what he was doing, how long would it have taken to fly his bird free?
(a) A month.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) A week.

8. How long did it take Helen's father to photograph every single bridge over the Thames?
(a) About 8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) A year.

9. What birds flew up from the roof when Helen took Mabel to the campus where she worked in Chapter 13?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Goldfinches.
(c) Wrens.
(d) White doves.

10. During what century were goshawks described as sociable and familiar?
(a) 16th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 14th.
(d) 17th.

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

12. What did White whistle in Chapter 13 to his hawk?
(a) All Creatures Great and Small.
(b) In the Garden.
(c) Fairest Lord Jesus.
(d) Psalm 23.

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

14. In how many days did the author once fly a Harris hawk free?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. How much of the author's life was spent in an incubator when she was a newborn?
(a) 17 days.
(b) About 3 weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) Few weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was the author when she first saw a trained goshawk?

3. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that the winds blew the ground into a yellow cloud that obscured the sun?

4. In Chapter 9, how many days pass as the author had the hawk almost constantly on her fist?

5. What color grey were Goshawks in the air?

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