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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. 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) Creel.
(c) Giblet.
(d) Fold.

2. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Squirrels and foxes.
(b) Ducks and geese.
(c) Groundhogs and pigeons.
(d) Rabbits and pheasants.

3. What must Drum do before eating the food brought to him by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Remove the fur.
(b) Drink water.
(c) Cast a pellet.
(d) Preen his feathers.

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"?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) March.

5. What is the spanse of Sammy's wings?
(a) Four feet.
(b) Eight feet.
(c) Six feet.
(d) Seven feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from the novel refers to a male hawk?

2. Who is the president of the New York Electric Company that Jon Wood gives the address to the children so they can write to him about the electric poles?

3. What mountain range does Frightful see after Alice has freed her in "Frightful Takes Off"?

4. Over what valley does Frightful fly with the male peregrine in "Frightful Takes Off"?

5. Who wrote the Forward to Frightful's Mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Lady, Drum, and Duchess go when they depart the nest in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?

2. How do the students respond to Frightful when she is shown in Roxbury?

3. Who is Bando? Where does he live?

4. Who is Mrs. Strawberry?

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

6. Who are Bate and Spud?

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

8. Who is Mole and where does he live in the beginning of the novel?

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

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

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