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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 color down coats do the peregrine falcon chicks that Frightful is introduced to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School" have?

2. How was Sammy injured?

3. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?

4. What kind of falcon is Frightful?

5. How much money does Bate say Frightful is worth in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it significant that Frightful sleeps on her breast in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

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

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

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

5. Who is Mrs. Strawberry?

6. How do the eyases develop from hatching to leaving the nest?

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

8. What does the narrator indicate regarding Lady's death in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss examples of irony in Frightful's Mountain. How does the novel's narrative style contribute to dramatic irony? What are examples of verbal and situational irony? What is the purpose each example serves?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of justice in Frightful's Mountain. How is justice developed as a theme through character? How is it developed through symbolism and imagery? What statement do you think the author is making about justice? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Alice Gribley in Frightful's Mountain. How old is Alice? How would you describe her relationship with her brother? What is Alice's relationship to Frightful like?

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