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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 give them to needy children as gifts.
(b) He would sell them at festivals.
(c) He gave them to O'Connor.
(d) He and his family would eat them.

2. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Eustis, Florida.
(b) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) Gulf Shores, Alabama.

3. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?
(a) Mini-tail.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Tripod.
(d) Gray hairs.

4. What did the telephone repairman say he thought O'Connor's peacock could outrun?
(a) A roadrunner.
(b) A cheetah.
(c) A bus.
(d) An Oldsmobile.

5. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?
(a) Bread loaves.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Pets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?

2. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?

3. How long can a peacock live?

4. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?

5. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?

(see the answer key)

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