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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) Saker falcon.
(b) Prairie falcon.
(c) Aplomado falcon.
(d) Peregrine falcon.

2. Where does the author of the Forward describe going to meet Al Nye during his falconry days?
(a) Highlands, North Carolina.
(b) Monterey, California.
(c) Berkeley, California.
(d) Falls Church, Virginia.

3. Why do the eyases stare at the rabbit that Frightful brings to the aerie in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Because the rabbit is still covered in fur.
(b) Because they are not accustomed to eating rabbit.
(c) Because the rabbit is still alive.
(d) Because the rabbit is clearly diseased.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of tree does the narrator describe Frightful setting out for in the opening montage of the novel?

5. When was My Side of the Mountain published?

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