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

2. How old is Chup when Frightful comes into his life?
(a) Nine years old.
(b) Four years old.
(c) Two years old.
(d) Six years old.

3. About how old are the baby falcons that Chup takes Frightful to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

4. What term refers to wind that varies with height due to a balance between the coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere?
(a) Ocular wind.
(b) Vacular wind.
(c) Inducive wind.
(d) Thermal wind.

5. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?
(a) Crocodile hide.
(b) Alligator hide.
(c) Kangaroo hide.
(d) Cow hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Frightful Takes Off" refers to an insect making a shrill sound, such as a cricket or grasshopper?

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

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

4. About how many days old are the eyases when they grow their second, heavier coat of natal down?

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

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