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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) Berkeley, California.
(c) Highlands, North Carolina.
(d) Falls Church, Virginia.

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

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

4. Where is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that Jon Wood intends to report Frightful's death in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) Albany.
(b) Newark.
(c) Boston.
(d) Trenton.

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

6. Who does Jon Wood call about the smoke he has seen at Jebb Harper's cabin in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) Leon Longbridge.
(b) Sam Gribley.
(c) John Burroughs.
(d) Peter Westerly.

7. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?
(a) Crocodile hide.
(b) Kangaroo hide.
(c) Alligator hide.
(d) Cow hide.

8. 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) Inducive wind.
(c) Thermal wind.
(d) Ocular wind.

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

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

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

12. 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)?
(a) Blake.
(b) Maria.
(c) Byron.
(d) Paul.

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

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

15. Where is the preen gland located on a bird?
(a) On top of the wing.
(b) Under the wing.
(c) Below the neck.
(d) The base of the tail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Spud say is waiting for him and Bate when Bate has caught sight of Frightful in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

2. What kind of bird is Mr. Freeze?

3. What is the name of Alice's pig that she bred?

4. What do the Van Sandtfords rename Mole?

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

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