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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward, "Frightful Takes Off" - "The Wilderness Tests of the Eyases".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what kind of hide does the author of the Forward describe making bitwits and other falconry tools in the Forward?
(a) Alligator hide.
(b) Kangaroo hide.
(c) Crocodile hide.
(d) Cow hide.

2. What prey do Frightful and Mole fight over in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A snake.
(d) A dove.

3. Where does the author of the Forward describe going to meet Al Nye during his falconry days?
(a) Falls Church, Virginia.
(b) Highlands, North Carolina.
(c) Monterey, California.
(d) Berkeley, California.

4. What word from "Frightful Takes Off" refers to an insect making a shrill sound, such as a cricket or grasshopper?
(a) Ruinating.
(b) Stridulating.
(c) Undulating.
(d) Caulating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left in the aerie to take the rabbit dropped by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

2. What color down coats do the peregrine falcon chicks that Frightful is introduced to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School" have?

3. Which of the eyases first attacks Chup when he returns to the aerie in the beginning of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?

4. Why is Frightful unable to see in the opening montage of the novel?

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

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