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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rick indicate his desire to land?
(a) Shifting his weight to the left.
(b) Tapping on Lon's right shoulder.
(c) Thumb down.
(d) Yelling in Lon's ear.

2. What will happen if Lon is trapped in the canyon?
(a) He's likely to be attacked by a wild cat.
(b) He'll die of heat stroke.
(c) He will die of exposure during the night.
(d) He'll drown in the coming storm.

3. Where does Rick take the spotting telescope?
(a) Lizard Rock.
(b) The prairie dog town.
(c) Bryce Canyon.
(d) The Maze.

4. Whose death does Rick discuss with Lon?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

5. Of what does the judge remind Rick?.
(a) A condor.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His step father
(d) His grandfather.

6. Where do the flyers find a thermal?
(a) Over Lizard Rock.
(b) They are unable to find a thermal.
(c) In Pundet valley.
(d) Over the Maze.

7. Why does Lon say you cannot hang glide where Rick suggests?
(a) Rough wind.
(b) No way to take off.
(c) It's a no-fly zone.
(d) Too many buildings.

8. What does Lon tell Rick to do if he is not back in an hour?
(a) Call the sheriff.
(b) Stay indoors with the doors locked.
(c) Call Josh.
(d) Bring Lon a rifle.

9. What does Carlile claim he has been doing?
(a) Target practicing.
(b) Trying to help a wounded condor.
(c) Blasting a way through a cave.
(d) Nothing.

10. How long does Rick care for the eagle?
(a) 43 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 10 weeks.

11. Why is Rick nervous in the first part of Chapter 17?
(a) His biological father is coming for a visit.
(b) His biological mother is coming for a visit.
(c) The sheriff has learned of Rick's whereabouts.
(d) They are about to hang glide.

12. Why does Lon wrap Maverick in a jacket?
(a) To keep him from scratching Lon.
(b) To calm him.
(c) To prove Lon's dominence.
(d) To keep him warm.

13. Why does Lon want a shovel, a saw, plastic buckets, a lantern, and bird feed?
(a) To set up a bird sanctuary.
(b) To show Rick how to catch wild turkeys.
(c) It is not specified.
(d) To catch maverick.

14. What does Lon reveal to Rick about Lon's past?
(a) He was in prison.
(b) He was a foster child.
(c) He accidentally kills his father with a shotgun he thought was not loaded.
(d) He had a brother who was killed by a gang.

15. What does Lon observe?
(a) Carlile climbing down the canyon wall.
(b) The condors.
(c) A golden eagle pair.
(d) Carlile hiking across the canyon floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Lon decide to return to try to catch Maverick?

2. How does Rick make it possible for Lon to climb out of the canyon?

3. How high are the fliers when they drift downward?

4. What does Rick hear in the distance hours later?

5. What do Lon and Rick hear as they run off?

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