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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. In Chapter 28, in what type of tree did Mabel try to catch a grey squirrel?

2. What type of hawks did White see in Three Parks Wood in Chapter 16?

3. Who once wrote that falconry was a balancing act between wild and tame?

4. In Chapter 15, what was the bell that Helen used for Mabel made from?

5. In Chapter 20, who told White that there were agitated rooks in the nearby woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What die Helen see in the dry valley in Chapter 28?

2. How did Mabel respond when Helen let her fly free in Chapter 18?

3. What did Helen remember about lobstering with Erin's family?

4. Why did White make a trap in Chapter 16?

5. How was Mabel acting in Chapter 25 when Helen took her up the hill?

6. How cold was it at the beginning of Chapter 26?

7. How did Helen feel when she got ready to give the eulogy for her father at the memorial service?

8. Why did White cry during his birthday in India when he received a wooden play-castle?

9. How did Mabel catch a rabbit with Helen's help in Chapter 22?

10. Why were bells used in falconry and where were they placed on the bird?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helen's thought about death changed from when she was a child. What caused Helen's outlook on death to change and how did this change in point of view affect her?

Essay Topic 2

White seemed to empathize with the journey his hawk took to get to him. In what way did the journey of the hawk symbolize what happened to White when he was sent away for an education?

Essay Topic 3

The author spent a fair amount of time relating information about T.H. White. Why did the author spend so much time discussing White's life and how did she identify with him?

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