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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 color streaked the front of the author's hawk like teardrops in Chapter 7?

2. When the author was a child, where was her favorite den?

3. How long after Gos arrived at White's place did White take him to a farmhouse?

4. What bird did the author hear outside her window at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was White's childhood like?

2. Where had Helen traveled with an Uzbek student?

3. What was bating?

4. What did a old female goshawk look like that was brought to a bird-of-prey center where Helen worked at one time?

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

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

7. How did Christina react when Helen asked her to help train Mabel?

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

9. Where was White's cottage located?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author did not reveal her name until about a third of the way through the book. Why didn't the author reveal her name until then, and what was the significance of the author not revealing her name until partway through the book?

Essay Topic 2

A piece of reindeer moss was important to the author. What did the reindeer moss symbolize for her and why?

Essay Topic 3

Helen attended a country fair in Chapter 22. What gamut of emotions did she go through at first? How did she make peace and become comfortable with being at the fair and being around so many people?

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