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

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

3. What does Chup feed the eyases when he introduces Frightful to them in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A duck.
(c) A rat.
(d) A rabbit.

4. With what other birds does Frightful travel in the trailer in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) A bald eagle and a golden eagle.
(b) A sharp-shinned hawk and a prairie falcon.
(c) Two swans.
(d) A great horned owl and a red-tailed hawk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?

2. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?

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

4. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?

5. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?

(see the answer key)

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