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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what other birds does Frightful travel in the trailer in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) A great horned owl and a red-tailed hawk.
(b) A sharp-shinned hawk and a prairie falcon.
(c) Two swans.
(d) A bald eagle and a golden eagle.

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

3. What kind of tree does the narrator describe Frightful setting out for in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) An ash tree.
(b) A hemlock tree.
(c) A willow tree.
(d) An oak tree.

4. What mountain range does Frightful see after Alice has freed her in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(b) The Adirondack Mountains.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Cascade Mountains.

5. 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) April.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) June.

6. How far does Frightful travel in ten minutes to reach Sam's mountain when she is freed by Jon Wood in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

7. What prey does Frightful catch when she first goes out hunting with Sam in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
(a) A rat.
(b) A gopher.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A pigeon.

8. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?
(a) Nictitating membrane.
(b) Ocular membrane.
(c) Ocular Stridulation.
(d) Pecten oculi.

9. Where is Lady trapped in the opening of "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) In a willow tree.
(b) In a fern bed.
(c) On a cliffside.
(d) In an oak tree.

10. Who is left in the aerie to take the rabbit dropped by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Lady.
(b) Drum.
(c) Duchess.
(d) Chup.

11. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?
(a) Alligator hide.
(b) Kangaroo hide.
(c) Crocodile hide.
(d) Cow hide.

12. What kind of bird is Sammy?
(a) A golden eagle.
(b) A peregrine falcon.
(c) A red-tailed hawk.
(d) A bald eagle.

13. How was Sammy injured?
(a) A accident with an automobile.
(b) Electrocution by electric pole.
(c) Collision with a trapper's net.
(d) Poaching by a hunter.

14. What term refers to the shedding of old feathers in order to make way for new growth?
(a) Stridulating.
(b) Helinating.
(c) Nictitating.
(d) Molting.

15. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) She has been blinded by injury.
(b) She is wearing a falconer's hood.
(c) She has been blinded by sunlight.
(d) She has been sprayed with pesticides.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old are the baby falcons that Chup takes Frightful to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

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

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

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

5. What color is Mole described as in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

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