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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author of the Forward describe going to meet Al Nye during his falconry days?
(a) Monterey, California.
(b) Falls Church, Virginia.
(c) Berkeley, California.
(d) Highlands, North Carolina.

2. What color is Mole described as in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. What is the spanse of Sammy's wings?
(a) Four feet.
(b) Seven feet.
(c) Eight feet.
(d) Six feet.

4. Over what valley does Frightful fly with the male peregrine in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) The Schoharie Valley.
(b) The Montclair Valley.
(c) The Hudson Valley.
(d) The Shasta Valley.

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

6. Where does Anthony live?
(a) Roxbury.
(b) Miller's Crossing.
(c) Altamont.
(d) Westerville.

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

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

9. The lineman from the electric company tells Jon Wood that he has been given orders to change the wires on how many transformers in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

10. Which of the eyases first attacks Chup when he returns to the aerie in the beginning of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Oksi.
(b) Lady.
(c) Duchess.
(d) Drum.

11. In the early days of what month do the first of the migrating falcons and hawks return to the Catskill Mountains in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) April.

12. What are the cages for the predatory birds at Jon Woods' house called?
(a) Mews.
(b) Molts.
(c) Aeries.
(d) Straps.

13. Where are the wealthy falconers from that Bate and Spud generally sell their goods?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Korea.
(c) Singapore.
(d) China.

14. What prey do Frightful and Mole fight over in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dove.
(d) A pigeon.

15. 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) Leon Longbridge.
(b) Lon Herbert.
(c) Peter Westerly.
(d) Heinz Meng.

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. How much money does Bate say Frightful is worth in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

3. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?

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. Over what mountain is Frightful speeding in the opening of "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

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