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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "There are Eggs and Trouble" - "Sam Battles Bird Instincts".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prey does Frightful catch when she first goes out hunting with Sam in "Frightful Finds Sam"?
(a) A rat.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A gopher.

2. About how many days old are the eyases when they grow their second, heavier coat of natal down?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

3. Over what mountain is Frightful speeding in the opening of "Disaster Leads to Survival"?
(a) West End Mountain.
(b) Mount Shasta.
(c) Trinity Pines Mountain.
(d) White Man Mountain.

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

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"?
(a) Skri Thomas.
(b) Jon Wood.
(c) John Burroughs.
(d) Heinz Meng.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the governor who writes to Leon and the children in "Sam Battles Bird Instincts"?

2. From what Native American tribe is Dan Martin descended?

3. What kind of bird is Mr. Freeze?

4. When was the Forward to Frightful's Mountain written?

5. What term refers the two twisted membranous strips joining the yolk to the ends of the shell of a bird?

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