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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why what nickname do the kids in town call Sam?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Crockett.
(d) Thoreau.

2. At sundown on Sam's first night of his trek in "A Pal Finds a Pal," he and Mole settle down by an abandoned barn on what mountain?
(a) Woodchuck Mountain.
(b) Mount Shasta.
(c) Mount Warren.
(d) White Man's Mountain.

3. Where does Sam tell Frightful he has been watching her from in "There are Eggs and Trouble"?
(a) The Delhi Church belltower.
(b) His hemlock tree.
(c) Union Hill.
(d) Federal Hill.

4. Where does Sam find the green truck hidden at the Woodchuck Lodge in "A Pal Finds a Pal"?
(a) In a blackberry bush thicket.
(b) In a rhododendron thicket.
(c) In a cave near the house.
(d) In a culvert under the road.

5. To whom does Sam read about Thomas Paine in the end of "Frightful and Oksi Run the Show"?
(a) Mole.
(b) Oksi.
(c) Alice.
(d) Frightful.

6. When did Thomas Paine travel to France on his first trip?
(a) 1656.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1781.

7. At what time does Frightful's mate bring food to her while the construction crew is breaking in "The Kids are Heard"?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 1:00.
(c) 11:00.
(d) 12:00.

8. What is the name of the raccoon that Sam feeds?
(a) Peanut Butter King.
(b) Rocky Raccoon.
(c) Buster McMustard.
(d) Jessie Coon James.

9. What name is given to the eyas born to Frightful who is descrbed as "a spunky tiersel with an unusually dark beak" (145)?
(a) Drum.
(b) Oksi.
(c) Blue Bill.
(d) Screamer.

10. For how many days does Frightful sit through the blasts of the jackhammers with Sam's help, according to the narrator in the opening of "The Kids are Heard"?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 17 days.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 6 days.

11. From whom does Sam get piping to raise Frightful's aerie in "Frightful and Oksi Run the Show"?
(a) Mrs. Strawberry.
(b) Bando.
(c) Flip Pearson.
(d) Lon Herbert.

12. Why is it apparent that 426 is dead in "A Pal Finds a Pal"?
(a) Because he would not have let another male in his territory if he were alive.
(b) Because he had not returned to the aerie in over two weeks.
(c) Because he was seen being taken by the poachers and killed.
(d) Because he was observed being hit by a passing train.

13. For how many days do falcons incubate their eggs?
(a) 21.
(b) 31.
(c) 24.
(d) 35.

14. Who broods the eggs in a falcon's aerie?
(a) The eggs are not brooded.
(b) Both the mother and father.
(c) Just the father.
(d) Just the mother.

15. Where does the governor say the bridge workers will work until the falcons are fledged in "Sam Battles Bird Instincts"?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Roxbury.
(c) Gilboa.
(d) New Paltz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam tell Mole his name should be when he encounters him in "A Pal Finds a Pal"?

2. Who is the librarian in Delhi?

3. With whom does Frightful lay her first eggs?

4. What are Oksi's two needs when she is six days old?

5. What does Sam use to disguise himself when he feeds Frightful's eyas in "Sam Battles Bird Instincts"?

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