View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the wealthy falconers from that Bate and Spud generally sell their goods?
(a) Korea.
(b) China.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Singapore.

2. What color down coats do the peregrine falcon chicks that Frightful is introduced to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School" have?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

3. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) Geese.
(b) Terns.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Swallows.

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

5. What term refers to a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion in birds?
(a) Crop.
(b) Fold.
(c) Giblet.
(d) Creel.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What do the Van Sandtfords rename Mole?

3. Who is left in the aerie to take the rabbit dropped by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

4. What term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the eyases develop from hatching to leaving the nest?

2. Who is Mrs. Strawberry?

3. What are Duchess's circumstances when Frightful encounters her in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

4. What do Jon Wood and his wife do for a living?

5. What caused the elimination of peregrine falcons in the east of the U.S.? What brought them back?

6. What conflicts does Frightful face in "Frightful Takes Off"?

7. How does Frightful manage to hunt food for the eyases in "The Eyases Get on Wing"? What does she bring them?

8. Who is Sam Gribley and where does he live?

9. How does Sam respond when he first sees Frightful in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

10. What is odd to Jon and Susan about Frightful? What is the reason for this oddity?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 813 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample