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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

2. How old is Chup when Frightful comes into his life?

3. What term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?

4. What kind of birds harass Frightful in "Frightful Takes Off"?

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

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