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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the eyases is the first one that Frightful learns to feed?
(a) Duchess.
(b) Lady.
(c) Oksi.
(d) Drum.
2. From what animal does Frightful save Lady in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) A snake.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A bear.
(d) A fox.
3. Over what valley does Frightful fly with the male peregrine in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) The Schoharie Valley.
(b) The Montclair Valley.
(c) The Hudson Valley.
(d) The Shasta Valley.
4. 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 shot by a hunter.
(c) She has broken her wing from a fall from a cliff.
(d) She has been electrified on a transformer.
5. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) She has been sprayed with pesticides.
(b) She is wearing a falconer's hood.
(c) She has been blinded by injury.
(d) She has been blinded by sunlight.
Short Answer Questions
1. What term refers to wind that varies with height due to a balance between the coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere?
2. What term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?
3. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?
4. How are the eyes of the man with the condor face described in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
5. Where is the school that the Woods make their first visit to with their birds of prey in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Jon Wood and his wife do for a living?
2. What caused the elimination of peregrine falcons in the east of the U.S.? What brought them back?
3. Where do Lady, Drum, and Duchess go when they depart the nest in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
4. Who are Bate and Spud?
5. Who is Joe Cassini and what is his job?
6. Who is Bando? Where does he live?
7. What backstory does the author establish regarding Mole in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
8. Where are Jon and Susan Wood preparing to go when Jon finds Frightful? Why do they take her with them?
9. Why does Chup seek out a mate in Frightful?
10. Who is Sam Gribley and where does he live?
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