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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many days old are the eyases when they grow their second, heavier coat of natal down?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

2. 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) Pecten oculi.
(c) Nictitating membrane.
(d) Ocular membrane.

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

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

5. Where is the school that the Woods make their first visit to with their birds of prey in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?
(a) Willmore.
(b) Masonville.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Roxbury.

6. How are bird emotions described in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Lingering and steady.
(c) Fluctuating but constant.
(d) Intense but short.

7. How much money does Bate say Frightful is worth in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $50,000.

8. 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) April.
(b) March.
(c) February.
(d) June.

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) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

10. What do the Van Sandtfords rename Mole?
(a) General.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Roger.

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

12. What kind of birds harass Frightful in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) Starlings.
(b) Crows.
(c) Geese.
(d) Buzzards.

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) Thermal wind.
(b) Inducive wind.
(c) Ocular wind.
(d) Vacular wind.

14. What kind of bird is Mr. Freeze?
(a) A bald eagle.
(b) A great horned owl.
(c) A snowy owl.
(d) A golden eagle.

15. Where is the church steeple that Frightful sets out for to roost for the night in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) Morgan's Corners.
(b) Westerly.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Beaver Corners.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was My Side of the Mountain published?

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

3. How old are the eyases when they reach the size of their parents?

4. What prey does Chup drop down to the aerie at the end of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

5. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?

(see the answer keys)

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