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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Frightful attacks Mole in "Frightful and Oksi Run the Show"?
(a) He is carried to the bridge.
(b) Frightful is shot by Sam.
(c) He falls into the millpond.
(d) Mole is shot by Sam.

2. Who is the librarian in Delhi?
(a) Better Christopher.
(b) Heinz Meng.
(c) Miss Turner.
(d) Mrs. Strawberry.

3. On what date do Frightful's eggs hatch in "There are Three"?
(a) July 1.
(b) May 25.
(c) March 3.
(d) June 2.

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

5. What does Sam use to patch the wound on Mole's head in "Frightful and Oksi Run the Show"?
(a) Jewelweed.
(b) Elderberry.
(c) Jimsonweed.
(d) Chamomile.

6. 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) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Warren.
(c) White Man's Mountain.
(d) Woodchuck Mountain.

7. How many birds live long enough to raise their own young, according to Sam in "Frightful and Oksi Run the Show"?
(a) Three out of ten.
(b) Four out of ten.
(c) Two out of three.
(d) Three out of five.

8. What does Sam use to disguise himself when he feeds Frightful's eyas in "Sam Battles Bird Instincts"?
(a) A mesh face mask.
(b) A black hooded jacket.
(c) A tall hat and cloak.
(d) A tanned chicken skin.

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) Oksi.
(b) Blue Bill.
(c) Screamer.
(d) Drum.

10. What does Mole catch for him and Sam to eat on the first night of their journey in "A Pal Finds a Pal"?
(a) A wild chicken.
(b) A groundhog.
(c) A salmon.
(d) A wild turkey.

11. Who is the cafe owner to inquires about the bridge work in "There are Eggs and Trouble"?
(a) Joe Cassini.
(b) Flip Pearson.
(c) Lon Herbert.
(d) Better Christopher.

12. What does Frightful feed to her eyas in the end of "Sam Battles Bird Instincts"?
(a) A rat.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A duck.
(d) A lizard.

13. Who wires the wooden scrape into a fork on the sycamore tree in "There are Three"?
(a) Joe Cassini.
(b) Hughie Smith.
(c) Leon Longbridge.
(d) Susan Wood.

14. Who is the eyas that has been left behind by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services men in "Sam Takes Charge"?
(a) Drum.
(b) Screamer.
(c) Oksi.
(d) Chup.

15. Who are the men from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services revealed to be in "Sam Takes Charge"?
(a) Zoo owners.
(b) Poachers.
(c) Rehabilitationists.
(d) Spies.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom had Sam caught Skri leaving a cave last June, according to the narrator in "A Pal Finds a Pal"?

2. For how many days do falcons incubate their eggs?

3. Who is the governor who writes to Leon and the children in "Sam Battles Bird Instincts"?

4. Why is it apparent that 426 is dead in "A Pal Finds a Pal"?

5. From whom does Sam get piping to raise Frightful's aerie in "Frightful and Oksi Run the Show"?

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