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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was My Side of the Mountain published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1942.

2. Which of the eyases first attacks Chup when he returns to the aerie in the beginning of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Drum.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Oksi.
(d) Lady.

3. How has Frightful been injured when Jon Wood finds her in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) She has broken a leg fleeing a net.
(b) She has broken her wing from a fall from a cliff.
(c) She has been shot by a hunter.
(d) She has been electrified on a transformer.

4. Who is the president of the New York Electric Company that Jon Wood gives the address to the children so they can write to him about the electric poles?
(a) Lon Herbert.
(b) Heinz Meng.
(c) Peter Westerly.
(d) Leon Longbridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The lineman from the electric company tells Jon Wood that he has been given orders to change the wires on how many transformers in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?

2. From what animal does Frightful save Lady in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?

3. How far does Frightful travel in ten minutes to reach Sam's mountain when she is freed by Jon Wood in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

4. Where are the wealthy falconers from that Bate and Spud generally sell their goods?

5. Up what river does Frightful chase a night heron in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Frightful just as she spots Jon Wood in "Disaster Leads to Survival"? Why?

4. Where are Jon and Susan Wood preparing to go when Jon finds Frightful? Why do they take her with them?

5. Who are Bate and Spud?

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

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

8. What caused the elimination of peregrine falcons in the east of the U.S.? What brought them back?

9. Who is Mole and where does he live in the beginning of the novel?

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

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