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

2. What are the cages for the predatory birds at Jon Woods' house called?
(a) Mews.
(b) Straps.
(c) Molts.
(d) Aeries.

3. Where is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that Jon Wood intends to report Frightful's death in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Newark.
(c) Albany.
(d) Boston.

4. Who is the falconer who has brought peregrines back to the east by breeding them in captivity and freeing them to the wild, according to the narrator in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) Jon Wood.
(b) Skri Thomas.
(c) Heinz Meng.
(d) John Burroughs.

5. What must Drum do before eating the food brought to him by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Preen his feathers.
(b) Remove the fur.
(c) Cast a pellet.
(d) Drink water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

2. What does Chup feed the eyases when he introduces Frightful to them in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

3. What kind of bird is Mr. Freeze?

4. What is the dog called that Alice runs past in "Frightful Takes Off"?

5. What term refers to wind that varies with height due to a balance between the coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frightful respond to the eyases in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

2. What is odd to Jon and Susan about Frightful? What is the reason for this oddity?

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

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

5. How does Sam respond when he first sees Frightful in "Frightful Finds Sam"?

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

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

8. How are the personalities of Drum, Lady, and Duchess described?

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

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

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