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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. Why do the eyases stare at the rabbit that Frightful brings to the aerie in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Because the rabbit is clearly diseased.
(b) Because they are not accustomed to eating rabbit.
(c) Because the rabbit is still alive.
(d) Because the rabbit is still covered in fur.

2. Who wrote the Forward to Frightful's Mountain?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Mary Joyce Williams.

3. When was the Forward to Frightful's Mountain written?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1999.

4. What must Drum do before eating the food brought to him by Frightful in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Cast a pellet.
(b) Drink water.
(c) Preen his feathers.
(d) Remove the fur.

5. What kind of birds harass Frightful in "Frightful Takes Off"?
(a) Crows.
(b) Starlings.
(c) Buzzards.
(d) Geese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flock of birds does Drum follow south on their migration in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?

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

3. What term refers to the semi-translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid on birds?

4. When was My Side of the Mountain published?

5. Where did the author of the Forward attend a falconry program in upstate New York?

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