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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 does Spud say is waiting for him and Bate when Bate has caught sight of Frightful in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?
(a) Leon Longbridge.
(b) Jack.
(c) Peter Westerly.
(d) Skri.

2. What word from "Frightful Takes Off" refers to an insect making a shrill sound, such as a cricket or grasshopper?
(a) Caulating.
(b) Stridulating.
(c) Undulating.
(d) Ruinating.

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

4. Who does Jon Wood call about the smoke he has seen at Jebb Harper's cabin in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) John Burroughs.
(b) Sam Gribley.
(c) Peter Westerly.
(d) Leon Longbridge.

5. Over what valley does Frightful fly with the male peregrine in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) The Montclair Valley.
(b) The Schoharie Valley.
(c) The Shasta Valley.
(d) The Hudson Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What mountain range does Frightful see after Alice has freed her in "Frightful Takes Off"?

3. Where does the author of the Forward describe going to meet Al Nye during his falconry days?

4. What term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?

5. Why do the eyases stare at the rabbit that Frightful brings to the aerie in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What foreshadowing regarding the bridge is revealed in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

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

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

8. Why does Chup seek out a mate in Frightful?

9. When is Frightful released in "Frightful Finds Sam"? What does she do once released?

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

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