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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of falcon is Frightful?
(a) Prairie falcon.
(b) Saker falcon.
(c) Peregrine falcon.
(d) Aplomado falcon.

2. What do Bate and Spud use as bait to catch Frightful in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A duck.
(d) A cat.

3. What is the dog called that Alice runs past in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) Jax.
(b) Rupert.
(c) Bate.
(d) Mole.

4. What prey does Chup drop down to the aerie at the end of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) A duck.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A crow.
(d) A snake.

5. 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) Giblet.
(c) Fold.
(d) Crop.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?
(a) Lactating membrane.
(b) Nictitating membrane.
(c) Ocular Inundation.
(d) Ocular stridulation.

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

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

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

15. How far does Frightful travel in ten minutes to reach Sam's mountain when she is freed by Jon Wood in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?

2. Where is the church steeple that Frightful sets out for to roost for the night in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

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

4. Who wrote the Forward to Frightful's Mountain?

5. What color is Mole described as in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

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