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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. Which of the eyases first attacks Chup when he returns to the aerie in the beginning of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Lady.
(b) Oksi.
(c) Drum.
(d) Duchess.

2. 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 rabbit.
(d) A rat.

3. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Squirrels and foxes.
(b) Groundhogs and pigeons.
(c) Ducks and geese.
(d) Rabbits and pheasants.

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) Vacular wind.
(b) Inducive wind.
(c) Ocular wind.
(d) Thermal wind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are referred to as "the lions of the woodland birds" in "Frightful Takes Off" (14)?

2. What must Drum do before eating the food brought to him by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

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

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

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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