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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, how many days and nights had the author planned to keep the hawk awake?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. In Chapter 9, how many days pass as the author had the hawk almost constantly on her fist?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. What color plumes did Wart grow?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, in what season might someone be able to see a goshawk on a still, clear morning?

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

3. In 1932, how many people showed up for an excursion sponsored by the Southern Railway for a moonlit walk along the South Downs?

4. In Chapter 11, what type of bird feather did Helen see by the path?

5. When did a scientist called Thorpe work from a research station in Madingley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What terrible sin did White commit when training his bird?

2. Why was White pleased with himself at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. Where was White's cottage located?

4. Why was the author terrified in Chapter 3?

5. What did the author have to do to train her hawk?

6. What journey did White's goshawk take to him?

7. How did Mabel change once she attained her flying weight?

8. In Chapter 2, what did the waiter do when Helen did not eat?

9. In Chapter 10, how did the author's hawk react to the hood and why?

10. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

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