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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of White's dog?

2. In Chapter 3, how many men were left behind at the end of the day to wait for their goshawks?

3. In Chapter 14, what did a woman do that made Helen furious?

4. In Chapter 4, who authored the book White read about falconry?

5. Where had the goshawk been bred that the author was fetching in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Simon Latham describe goshawks in 1615?

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

5. How did the author describe the landscape she loved very much?

6. Why did the author say that everything about the hawk was turned to hunt and kill?

7. Why did White overfeed his hawk?

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

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

10. What artwork did the author describe in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author told about her preference for falcons at one time in her life. Why did the author first fly falcons and why did she later decide to fly a goshawk? What made her change her mind about the goshawk?

Essay Topic 2

White made many mistakes with his hawk. Why was training so difficult for White, and how did his personality and inner conflicts make the training difficult?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 23, Helen reached a turning point. What was her turning point and did it help or hinder her grieving process?

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