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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 term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?
(a) Ocular Inundation.
(b) Nictitating membrane.
(c) Ocular stridulation.
(d) Lactating membrane.

2. What term refers the two twisted membranous strips joining the yolk to the ends of the shell of a bird?
(a) Mews.
(b) Tiercels.
(c) Crops.
(d) Chalazas.

3. Where is the church steeple that Frightful sets out for to roost for the night in "Frightful Peregrinates"?
(a) Beaver Corners.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Morgan's Corners.
(d) Westerly.

4. What are the cages for the predatory birds at Jon Woods' house called?
(a) Molts.
(b) Mews.
(c) Straps.
(d) Aeries.

5. What does Chup feed the eyases when he introduces Frightful to them in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) A rat.
(b) A duck.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bate and Spud use as bait to catch Frightful in "Frightful Finds the Enemy"?

2. Who lives at Woodchuck Lodge?

3. How has Duchess become free in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher"?

4. For how many days do falcons incubate their eggs?

5. Who is the student who writes a letter telling the president of the New York Electric Company that her father sued because he was bit by a bull in "Hunger is Frightful's Teacher" (87)?

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