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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Frightful Peregrinates" - "Frightful Finds Sam".

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

2. What term refers to the shedding of old feathers in order to make way for new growth?
(a) Stridulating.
(b) Nictitating.
(c) Molting.
(d) Helinating.

3. What kind of tree does the narrator describe Frightful setting out for in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) An ash tree.
(b) A hemlock tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A willow tree.

4. What prey do Frightful and Mole fight over in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A dove.
(d) A snake.

5. What name does Susan Wood give to Frightful?
(a) Desiny.
(b) Hope.
(c) Frightful.
(d) Samantha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author of the Forward attend a falconry program in upstate New York?

2. What does Chup feed the eyases when he introduces Frightful to them in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

3. Where does the author of the Forward describe going to meet Al Nye during his falconry days?

4. What color is Mole described as in "Frightful Peregrinates"?

5. Who is the falconer who has brought peregrines back to the east by breeding them in captivity and freeing them to the wild, according to the narrator in "Disaster Leads to Survival"?

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