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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the very first time Roz experiences a fall, what does she do immediately afterward?
(a) She lies down to recuperate.
(b) She cleans herself.
(c) She deactivates herself.
(d) She jumps into a tree and starts to swing from branch to branch rather than walking.

2. What reason does Loudwing give for her belief that it will be a miracle if Brightbill survives?
(a) He has a robot for a mother.
(b) He does not have a way to stay warm.
(c) He has no brothers or sisters.
(d) He is a runt and an orphan.

3. What object does Roz bring to Mr. Beaver as a gift to accompany her request for help?
(a) A birch branch.
(b) A pot of honey.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A four-leaf clover.

4. Once Roz and Mr. Beaver finish building a lodge for Roz and Brightbill, what does Roz name it?
(a) The Nest.
(b) Dreamsnatcher.
(c) The Lodge.
(d) Streamcatcher.

5. When a voice emerges from the goose egg, saying, "Mama! Mama!" how does Roz at first reply?
(a) "I killed your mother."
(b) "What is a mama?"
(c) "What kinds of things do mothers do?"
(d) "I am not your mother."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Roz observes Pinktail the opossum play dead and evade a badger, what do Roz and Pinktail talk about once the badger leaves?

2. What does Roz say to her pursuers when they threaten her?

3. What is the setting for the beginning of the novel?

4. Which of Roz's robot tools does she use at first, but then turn off when she decides it is inappropriate in this environment?

5. When Roz encounters an old goose, what is the first question she asks the goose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roz do when she realizes that the gosling is hungry but that she does not know what to feed it?

2. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel when she sees that the island creatures have made it through the storm just fine?

3. What is ironic about Loudwing's advice to Roz regarding how "easy" motherhood is?

4. What does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?

5. Though the beavers are the experts when it comes to building, there is one main thing they cannot do. What is it and how does the author demonstrate that all of us have our own unique areas of expertise?

6. How do the sounds that Roz makes contrast with the sounds already occurring within the forest prior to her arrival?

7. What is the Dawn Truce?

8. What does Roz reveal about herself once she begins to speak after being activated?

9. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?

10. When Roz notices a particularly well-attended meeting in the Great Meadow one morning, what happens during the meeting?

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