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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward, "Frightful Takes Off" - "The Wilderness Tests of the Eyases".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of falcon is Frightful?
(a) Peregrine falcon.
(b) Saker falcon.
(c) Aplomado falcon.
(d) Prairie falcon.

2. About how many days old are the eyases when they grow their second, heavier coat of natal down?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?
(a) Ocular Stridulation.
(b) Pecten oculi.
(c) Ocular membrane.
(d) Nictitating membrane.

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

5. Where did the author of the Forward attend a falconry program in upstate New York?
(a) Millbrook School.
(b) Pembroke School.
(c) Hartford School.
(d) Westerly School.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the eyases when they reach the size of their parents?

2. Over what valley does Frightful fly with the male peregrine in "Frightful Takes Off"?

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

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

5. Who is left in the aerie to take the rabbit dropped by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

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