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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prey does Frightful catch when she first goes out hunting with Sam in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
(a) A rat.
(b) A gopher.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A pigeon.

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

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

4. What do Jon and Susan Wood have to train Frightful to eat in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Rats.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Ducks.

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

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

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

8. Why does Mole return to the farm injured in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
(a) He lost a fight over a female Labrador.
(b) He was shot by the farmer of the neighboring farm.
(c) He was attacked by a golden eagle.
(d) He was hit by a car.

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

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

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

12. Who lives at Woodchuck Lodge?
(a) John Burroughs.
(b) Peter Westerly.
(c) Leon Longbridge.
(d) Heinz Meng.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Up what river does Frightful chase a night heron in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

2. 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?

3. About how many days old are the eyases when they grow their second, heavier coat of natal down?

4. How has Duchess become free in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?

5. 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)?

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