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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are referred to as "the lions of the woodland birds" in "Frightful Takes Off" (14)?
(a) Golden eagles.
(b) Goshawks.
(c) Red-tailed hawks.
(d) Great horned owls.

3. What kind of bird is Sammy?
(a) A peregrine falcon.
(b) A bald eagle.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) A red-tailed hawk.

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

5. Why do the eyases stare at the rabbit that Frightful brings to the aerie in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Because the rabbit is still covered in fur.
(b) Because the rabbit is still alive.
(c) Because the rabbit is clearly diseased.
(d) Because they are not accustomed to eating rabbit.

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

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

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

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

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

11. How has Frightful been injured when Jon Wood finds her in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) She has broken a leg fleeing a net.
(b) She has been electrified on a transformer.
(c) She has broken her wing from a fall from a cliff.
(d) She has been shot by a hunter.

12. What must Drum do before eating the food brought to him by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Remove the fur.
(b) Cast a pellet.
(c) Drink water.
(d) Preen his feathers.

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

14. 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) Byron.
(b) Maria.
(c) Blake.
(d) Paul.

15. Where does Mole cross a bridge when escaping the home of the Van Sandtfords?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Gilboa.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Henderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the wealthy falconers from that Bate and Spud generally sell their goods?

2. Where is the preen gland located on a bird?

3. What do the Van Sandtfords rename Mole?

4. Who is the falconer who has brought peregrines back to the east by breeding them in captivity and freeing them to the wild, according to the narrator in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

5. Why does Mole return to the farm injured in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

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