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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. What did O'Connor say her peafowl would eat?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Cat food.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Startena.

2. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Pets.
(d) Bread loaves.

3. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?
(a) A cat who nursed a hen.
(b) A chicken that mated with a turkey.
(c) A woman who owned 900 chickens.
(d) A rooster who lived with no head.

4. What does O'Connor say is the first reaction people have when they see a peacock's tail?
(a) Silence.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Tears.
(d) Gasp.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?

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

4. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?

5. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?

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