2. What term refers to wind that varies with height due to a balance between the coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere?
(a) Vacular wind.
(b) Thermal wind.
(c) Ocular wind.
(d) Inducive wind.

3. Which of the eyases is the first one that Frightful learns to feed?
(a) Duchess.
(b) Lady.
(c) Oksi.
(d) Drum.

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

5. How are bird emotions described in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) Lingering and steady.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Intense but short.
(d) Fluctuating but constant.

6. How was Sammy injured?
(a) Electrocution by electric pole.
(b) A accident with an automobile.
(c) Collision with a trapper's net.
(d) Poaching by a hunter.

7. What term refers to the shedding of old feathers in order to make way for new growth?
(a) Molting.
(b) Helinating.
(c) Nictitating.
(d) Stridulating.

8. Over what mountain is Frightful speeding in the opening of "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) Trinity Pines Mountain.
(b) West End Mountain.
(c) White Man Mountain.
(d) Mount Shasta.

9. What name does Susan Wood give to Frightful?
(a) Desiny.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Hope.
(d) Frightful.

10. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Geese.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Terns.

11. Where does the eagle head fo spend his winter fishing in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) The Eel River.
(b) The Trinity River.
(c) The Mad River.
(d) The Hudson River.

12. From what animal does Frightful save Lady in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bear.
(c) A fox.
(d) An eagle.

13. What word from "Frightful Takes Off" refers to an insect making a shrill sound, such as a cricket or grasshopper?
(a) Caulating.
(b) Undulating.
(c) Ruinating.
(d) Stridulating.

14. Why is Sam unable to keep Frightful?
(a) He has an arrest warrant and will serve time in jail.
(b) He does not have a falconer's license.
(c) His sister refuses to allow him to keep the bird.
(d) He does not have food for Frightful.

15. Who is the falconer who has brought peregrines back to the east by breeding them in captivity and freeing them to the wild, according to the narrator in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) John Burroughs.
(b) Heinz Meng.
(c) Skri Thomas.
(d) Jon Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Where does Mole cross a bridge when escaping the home of the Van Sandtfords?

3. Where does Frightful hide out from the thunderstorm by the farm in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

4. What kind of bird is Mr. Freeze?

5. What are the cages for the predatory birds at Jon Woods' house called?

(see the answer keys)

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