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

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 40.

3. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?
(a) He says it is "a peacock and nothing more."
(b) He says it is "the king of the birds."
(c) He stands in silence before getting back in his car.
(d) He says it is an "overgrown chicken."

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

5. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?
(a) A chicken.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) The Gothic Revival style of the home.
(d) A prize-winning pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?

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

3. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?

4. What color was the helmet of the telephone repairman that came to O'Connor's farm?

5. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

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