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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves Brightbill from the Rockfish's sharp teeth when Roz is unable to help him?
(a) Tawny.
(b) Loudwing.
(c) Chitchat.
(d) Swooper.

2. What does Mrs. Beaver suggest Roz do with Rockfish?
(a) Toss him to the vultures.
(b) Fry him up for dinner.
(c) Trap him under the ice.
(d) Put him into a fishbowl.

3. When Brightbill begins to speak to everyone who will listen, what does he say at the start of each conversation?
(a) "My mom is Roz."
(b) "Hello, my name is Brightbill."
(c) "Want to play?"
(d) "How are you today?"

4. What materials does Roz use to patch the hole that has developed in the roof of the Nest?
(a) Rope, branches, and robot parts.
(b) Mud, seashells, and twigs.
(c) Honey, tar, and feathers.
(d) Branches, mud, and leaves.

5. When Roz and Brightbill have questions about the migration, to whom do they go for answers?
(a) The family of bears.
(b) Longneck and the Beaver family.
(c) Swooper.
(d) Loudwing and the other older geese.

6. What method does Roz use in order to determine if the pond is safe to cross?
(a) She throws a heavy rock onto the ice and watches it bounce.
(b) She asks Broadfoot the moose to check if the ice is solid.
(c) She throws a torch onto the ice.
(d) She chops a tree down and watches it bounce off the ice as it falls.

7. Once Roz and Brightbill and Chitchat makes friends with all of the creatures of the forest, what is the one type of creature they still view as dangerous to them?
(a) Bears.
(b) Piranha.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Deer.

8. According to the narrator, what good comes from the deaths of the animals who have frozen over the winter?
(a) Their bodies nourish the soil and help create an amazing spring bloom.
(b) There is more food for everyone else.
(c) Their remaining family members remember not to take each other for granted.
(d) Roz is able to make coats out of them to keep surviving animals warm.

9. What sound always makes Brightbill fall fast asleep?
(a) The sound of ocean waves.
(b) The sound of rain.
(c) The sound of thunder.
(d) The sound of chirping magpies.

10. After others sharing what they think Roz's purpose is, she says that perhaps she does know what her purpose is. What does she say she thinks her purpose may be?
(a) To be a good mother to Brightbill.
(b) To love everyone.
(c) To help others.
(d) To serve humans.

11. When Roz tells Brightbill about her winter, what is the one development during the winter that she says had surprised her the most?
(a) That the cold killed some of their animal friends.
(b) That the other animals had come to really like her.
(c) That she had lived through the winter.
(d) That she had nearly forgotten her worries about Brightbill.

12. What causes Roz to propose a perpetual truce within the Nest?
(a) She looks around and sees predators lying with prey but wonders how long the peace can last.
(b) Swooper suggests it to her.
(c) After a fox eats a hare right in front of the fire, she worries that more deaths will occur in the Nest.
(d) She notices that everyone's hunger is growing.

13. Who saves the baby hare trapped in the fire within the second lodge?
(a) Roz.
(b) Chitchat.
(c) Swooper.
(d) Broadfoot.

14. When Roz steps outside the nest and sees snow, she sees shapes underneath the snow. What do the shapes turn out to be?
(a) Other lodges.
(b) Frozen animal corpses.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Snowdrifts.

15. What reason does Roz give for being worried about the flock of geese?
(a) She is worried that they may get lost.
(b) She is worried that they will like their destination better than they like the island.
(c) She is worried that Longneck is too old to be leading the flock.
(d) She is worried that they might be able to handle the icy weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brightbill's yellow fluff turn into when he moves out of childhood?

2. What is Roz's reply when Brightbill asks if he can stay on the island with Roz rather than migrating with the other geese?

3. Why are even the animals who hibernate in danger during this winter?

4. What material does Mr. Beaver use to construct a new foot for Roz?

5. Which of the goslings becomes the leader of the other goslings during their flying expeditions?

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