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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal steals a rabbit from Frightful in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) A snow owl.
(b) A bald eagle.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) A great horned owl.

2. How old are the eyases when they reach the size of their parents?
(a) Three weeks old.
(b) Five weeks old.
(c) Six weeks old.
(d) Seven weeks old.

3. Who is left in the aerie to take the rabbit dropped by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Drum.
(b) Lady.
(c) Duchess.
(d) Chup.

4. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?
(a) Ocular Stridulation.
(b) Ocular membrane.
(c) Pecten oculi.
(d) Nictitating membrane.

5. Who is the president of the New York Electric Company that Jon Wood gives the address to the children so they can write to him about the electric poles?
(a) Peter Westerly.
(b) Leon Longbridge.
(c) Lon Herbert.
(d) Heinz Meng.

6. Where is the school that the Woods make their first visit to with their birds of prey in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?
(a) Roxbury.
(b) Masonville.
(c) Willmore.
(d) Anderson.

7. Where is Lady trapped in the opening of "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) In a fern bed.
(b) In an oak tree.
(c) On a cliffside.
(d) In a willow tree.

8. What kind of bird is Sammy?
(a) A bald eagle.
(b) A red-tailed hawk.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) A peregrine falcon.

9. Who is the student who writes a letter telling the president of the New York Electric Company that her father sued because he was bit by a bull in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher" (87)?
(a) John.
(b) James.
(c) Peter.
(d) Andrew.

10. Where does Mole cross a bridge when escaping the home of the Van Sandtfords?
(a) Henderson.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Gilboa.
(d) Delhi.

11. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Squirrels and foxes.
(b) Ducks and geese.
(c) Rabbits and pheasants.
(d) Groundhogs and pigeons.

12. Where does Frightful hide out from the thunderstorm by the farm in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) On the barn.
(b) On her stump.
(c) On the culvert.
(d) On the silo.

13. About how old was Frightful when she first saw Sam Gribley?
(a) Two weeks old.
(b) Three weeks old.
(c) One week old.
(d) Five weeks old.

14. What color down coats do the peregrine falcon chicks that Frightful is introduced to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School" have?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

15. How are the eyes of the man with the condor face described in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
(a) One brown, one green.
(b) One brown, one blue.
(c) Bright green.
(d) One green, one blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prey do Frightful and Mole fight over in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

2. When was My Side of the Mountain published?

3. What is the name of Alice's pig that she bred?

4. Who writes to the president of the New York Electric Company saying, "The falcons and owls and eagles have no civil rights because you discriminate against them" in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher" (87)?

5. When was the Forward to Frightful's Mountain written?

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