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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. Who writes to the president of the New York Electric Company saying, "The falcons and owls and eagles have no civil rights because you discriminate against them" in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher" (87)?
(a) Maria.
(b) Paul.
(c) Blake.
(d) Byron.

2. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
(a) Terns.
(b) Swallows.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Geese.

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

4. About how old was Frightful when she first saw Sam Gribley?
(a) Two weeks old.
(b) Three weeks old.
(c) One week old.
(d) Five weeks old.

5. What name does Susan Wood give to Frightful?
(a) Frightful.
(b) Desiny.
(c) Hope.
(d) Samantha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the eyases first attacks Chup when he returns to the aerie in the beginning of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

3. How old is Chup when Frightful comes into his life?

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

5. How has Duchess become free in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?

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

4. Who are Bate and Spud?

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

6. Where is the main setting of the novel? Describe this setting.

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

8. What conflicts does Frightful face in "Frightful Takes Off"?

9. What is Frightful's main objective in the beginning of the novel? What actions does she take toward that objective in "Frightful Takes Off"?

10. Who is Bando? Where does he live?

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