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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. Where is the school that the Woods make their first visit to with their birds of prey in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?
(a) Willmore.
(b) Masonville.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Roxbury.

2. Where is the preen gland located on a bird?
(a) Under the wing.
(b) Below the neck.
(c) The base of the tail.
(d) On top of the wing.

3. Where is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that Jon Wood intends to report Frightful's death in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) Boston.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Newark.
(d) Albany.

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

5. About how old are the baby falcons that Chup takes Frightful to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prey do Frightful and Mole fight over in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

2. Where does the eagle head fo spend his winter fishing in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

3. What are referred to as "the lions of the woodland birds" in "Frightful Takes Off" (14)?

4. 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"?

5. Which of the eyases first attacks Chup when he returns to the aerie in the beginning of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Frightful. What role does Frightful play in the story?

5. Where is the main setting of the novel? Describe this setting.

6. Who are Bate and Spud?

7. What backstory does the author establish regarding Mole in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

8. What foreshadowing regarding the bridge is revealed in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

9. Why does Jon Wood starve Frightful in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?

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

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