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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 a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion in birds?
(a) Giblet.
(b) Crop.
(c) Fold.
(d) Creel.

2. What do the Van Sandtfords rename Mole?
(a) General.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Roger.
(d) Destiny.

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

4. Where does the eagle head fo spend his winter fishing in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) The Eel River.
(b) The Trinity River.
(c) The Mad River.
(d) The Hudson River.

5. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?
(a) She has been blinded by injury.
(b) She has been blinded by sunlight.
(c) She is wearing a falconer's hood.
(d) She has been sprayed with pesticides.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What prey do Frightful and Mole fight over in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

5. How old are the eyases when they reach the size of their parents?

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