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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. 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.

2. What prey does Chup drop down to the aerie at the end of "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A duck.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A crow.

3. What prey does Mole allow Frightful to take during their "hunting excursions" in "The Eyases Get on Wing"?
(a) Squirrels and foxes.
(b) Groundhogs and pigeons.
(c) Rabbits and pheasants.
(d) Ducks and geese.

4. What term refers to a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird?
(a) Pecten oculi.
(b) Ocular Stridulation.
(c) Nictitating membrane.
(d) Ocular membrane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old are the baby falcons that Chup takes Frightful to in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

2. When was My Side of the Mountain published?

3. What does Chup feed the eyases when he introduces Frightful to them in "Frightful Goes to Falcon School"?

4. From what animal does Frightful save Lady in "The Wilderness Tests the Eyases"?

5. What term refers to wind that varies with height due to a balance between the coriolis and pressure-gradient forces in the atmosphere?

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