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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The King of the Birds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?
(a) He would sell them at festivals.
(b) He would give them to needy children as gifts.
(c) He and his family would eat them.
(d) He gave them to O'Connor.

2. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

3. What color was Colonel Eggbert?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

4. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

5. How long can a peacock live?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 35 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor buy from an ad in a paper?

3. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?

4. How much was a pair of peafowl that O'Connor saw in the paper?

5. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?

(see the answer key)

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