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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?
2. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
3. Why do the eyases stare at the rabbit that Frightful brings to the aerie in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
4. 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"?
5. What term refers to a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion in birds?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it significant that Frightful sleeps on her breast in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
2. Who is Mole and where does he live in the beginning of the novel?
3. When is Frightful released in "Frightful Finds Sam"? What does she do once released?
4. How do the students respond to Frightful when she is shown in Roxbury?
5. How does Frightful manage to hunt food for the eyases in "The Eyases Get on Wing"? What does she bring them?
6. Where are Jon and Susan Wood preparing to go when Jon finds Frightful? Why do they take her with them?
7. Who is Joe Cassini and what is his job?
8. Where is the main setting of the novel? Describe this setting.
9. Who is 426 and where has he come from?
10. What foreshadowing regarding the bridge is revealed in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of Alice Gribley in Frightful's Mountain. How old is Alice? How would you describe her relationship with her brother? What is Alice's relationship to Frightful like?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the mating process of peregrine falcons. How do peregrines choose a mate? Where do they nest? How long does it take for eggs to hatch? How long does it take until eyases leave the nest?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Frightful in Frightful's Mountain. What makes Frightful stand out as a main character in a novel? Do you think the author has anthropomorphized Frightful's character? Why or why not? How does Frightful change in the course of the novel?
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