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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what other birds does Frightful travel in the trailer in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) Two swans.
(b) A bald eagle and a golden eagle.
(c) A great horned owl and a red-tailed hawk.
(d) A sharp-shinned hawk and a prairie falcon.

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

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

4. 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) Peter.
(c) James.
(d) Andrew.

5. With what does Sam hunt squirrels?
(a) A sling.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A BB gun.
(d) A bow and arrow.

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

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

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

9. Where did the author of the Forward attend a falconry program in upstate New York?
(a) Millbrook School.
(b) Hartford School.
(c) Westerly School.
(d) Pembroke School.

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

11. What kind of tree does the narrator describe Frightful setting out for in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) An ash tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A hemlock tree.
(d) A willow tree.

12. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) She has been sprayed with pesticides.
(b) She has been blinded by injury.
(c) She has been blinded by sunlight.
(d) She is wearing a falconer's hood.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the spanse of Sammy's wings?

2. Who does Jon Wood call about the smoke he has seen at Jebb Harper's cabin in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

3. What prey does Frightful catch when she first goes out hunting with Sam in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

4. When was My Side of the Mountain published?

5. 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)?

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