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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. Who once wrote that falconry was a balancing act between wild and tame?
2. In Chapter 15, how many yards had White gotten Gos to come on the creance?
3. What type of house did Helen pass when she was chasing Mabel in Chapter 25?
4. In Chapter 26, what birds were in the hedges?
5. What poem did Alastair Campbell read during Helen's father's memorial service?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Helen put a rabbit out of its misery in Chapter 21?
2. In Chapter 24, what did Helen do with Mabel in the evenings?
3. What was the falconer's trick that was used to stop a hawk from feeling that she had been robbed of her prize?
4. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?
5. How did Helen feel when she got ready to give the eulogy for her father at the memorial service?
6. In Chapter 28, how were the fields near Helen's mother's house different from the fields where Helen flew Mabel in Cambridge?
7. What happened when Helen's father photographed an unfamiliar plane when he was nine or ten?
8. How did Mabel start to act when he had been eating nothing but quail for a week?
9. How did Helen get ready to go to an art gallery in Chapter 19?
10. Why wasn't Helen depending solely on a bell to track Mabel when she flew free?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author told about her father's death. How did her father's death affect her and how did it change her life?
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
White had mixed feelings about his success in getting Gos to fly in Chapter 15. Why did White had mixed feelings about the event and what in his past contributed to his struggle with success?
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