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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. About how old was Frightful when she first saw Sam Gribley?
(a) One week old.
(b) Five weeks old.
(c) Three weeks old.
(d) Two weeks old.

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

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

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

5. What color down coats do the peregrine falcon chicks that Frightful is introduced to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School" have?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to wind that varies with height due to a balance between the coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere?

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

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

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

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

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