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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 term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?
2. Who writes to the president of the New York Electric Company saying, "The falcons and owls and eagles have no civil rights because you discriminate against them" in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher" (87)?
3. Where is the preen gland located on a bird?
4. Who does Spud say is waiting for him and Bate when Bate has caught sight of Frightful 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. Describe Frightful. What role does Frightful play in the story?
2. What caused the elimination of peregrine falcons in the east of the U.S.? What brought them back?
3. How does Frightful manage to hunt food for the eyases in "The Eyases Get on Wing"? What does she bring them?
4. Who is Joe Cassini and what is his job?
5. What is odd to Jon and Susan about Frightful? What is the reason for this oddity?
6. Where are Jon and Susan Wood preparing to go when Jon finds Frightful? Why do they take her with them?
7. What are Duchess's circumstances when Frightful encounters her in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
8. What is Frightful's main objective in the beginning of the novel? What actions does she take toward that objective in "Frightful Takes Off"?
9. Why does Chup seek out a mate in Frightful?
10. Who is 426 and where has he come from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss examples of foreshadowing in Frightful's Mountain. What events in the story are foreshadowed? What purpose does foreshadowing serve? Are there also red herrings in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of petitioning and progress in Frightful's Mountain. What successes do the schoolchildren achieve in their goal to assist Frightful? How do they go about enacting change? What role does the media play in their successes?
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