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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author fell asleep and dreamed in Chapter 9, where did she find herself?
(a) A burned-out house.
(b) In a field with her father.
(c) An old barn.
(d) At her father's grave.

2. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) May 5, 1934.
(b) April 11, 1935.
(c) March 16, 1936.
(d) June 23, 1933.

3. What did Christina bring in Chapter 9?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Coffee and Sunday papers.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Chinese food.

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

5. What did the author mention that White drank at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Ale.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whisky.
(d) Rum.

6. In Chapter 1, when did the author say that she ended up in the Brecklands?
(a) 5 years ago.
(b) 12 months ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 8 months ago.

7. How much sleep did White have when he was first training his hawk?
(a) 6 hours in 6 days.
(b) 3 hours in one day.
(c) 15 hours in 7 days.
(d) 12 hours in three days.

8. What color was the skin of the author's hawk near her beak?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Beige.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how far was the author from home?
(a) 150 miles
(b) 215 miles.
(c) 65 miles.
(d) 400 miles.

10. How many time did the author weigh merlins when she used to fly them?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. When did the author's father take a picture of the Beatles sitting at a cafe table on the Champs-Elysees?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962
(c) 1963.
(d) 1965.

12. How many books did White have to learn about hawks from, not including the "Encyclopedia Britannica"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

13. What color did White paint his woodwork?
(a) Yellow and green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) White.

14. In Chapter 4, what color was the cover of the notebook White was writing in?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Grey.
(d) Brown.

15. In Chapter 11, what ruins did White walk to with his hawk?
(a) St. Thomas the Martyr chapel.
(b) An old farmhouse.
(c) An old barn.
(d) St. Catherine's chapel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what color bucket was a man using to clean the bottom of a racing boat?

2. When was a pine forest planted in Evelyn's Travelling Sands?

3. In Chapter 13, when did Helen say that her college job would end?

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

5. What did the author watch over and over again after her father died?

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