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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the cages for the predatory birds at Jon Woods' house called?

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

3. When was the Forward to Frightful's Mountain written?

4. What do Bate and Spud use as bait to catch Frightful in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

5. What kind of tree does the narrator describe Frightful setting out for in the opening montage of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is 426 and where has he come from?

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

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

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

5. Who is Joe Cassini and what is his job?

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

7. What foreshadowing is revealed regarding the poachers in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

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

9. What is Frightful's main objective in the beginning of the novel? What actions does she take toward that objective in "Frightful Takes Off"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Frightful in Frightful's Mountain. What makes Frightful stand out as a main character in a novel? Do you think the author has anthropomorphized Frightful's character? Why or why not? How does Frightful change in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Leon Longbridge in Frightful's Mountain. Where does Leon live? What is his connection to the Woods? How does Leon become involved in helping Frightful?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of the Delhi Bridge in the novel. What does the bridge represent to Frightful? What does it represent to the human characters in the story? What does the bridge represent on the whole for the reader?

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