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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. What term refers to a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion in birds?
(a) Creel.
(b) Fold.
(c) Crop.
(d) Giblet.

2. Who does Jon Wood call about the smoke he has seen at Jebb Harper's cabin in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) John Burroughs.
(b) Sam Gribley.
(c) Leon Longbridge.
(d) Peter Westerly.

3. Why do the eyases stare at the rabbit that Frightful brings to the aerie in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Because the rabbit is clearly diseased.
(b) Because the rabbit is still alive.
(c) Because they are not accustomed to eating rabbit.
(d) Because the rabbit is still covered in fur.

4. Where is the preen gland located on a bird?
(a) Below the neck.
(b) The base of the tail.
(c) Under the wing.
(d) On top of the wing.

5. Who wrote the Forward to Frightful's Mountain?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Mary Joyce Williams.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
(d) Walt Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Frightful travel in ten minutes to reach Sam's mountain when she is freed by Jon Wood in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

2. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?

3. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?

4. Who is left in the aerie to take the rabbit dropped by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

5. Where does the eagle head fo spend his winter fishing in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the students respond to Frightful when she is shown in Roxbury?

2. What is Frightful's main objective in the beginning of the novel? What actions does she take toward that objective in "Frightful Takes Off"?

3. Who is 426 and where has he come from?

4. Why does Chup seek out a mate in Frightful?

5. Why does Jon Wood starve Frightful in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?

6. Who is Sam Gribley and where does he live?

7. Why is it significant that Frightful sleeps on her breast in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

8. When is Frightful released in "Frightful Finds Sam"? What does she do once released?

9. Describe Frightful. What role does Frightful play in the story?

10. How does Frightful manage to hunt food for the eyases in "The Eyases Get on Wing"? What does she bring them?

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