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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. Why is it difficult for Roz to walk in the forest?
(a) Because animals keep getting in her way.
(b) Because there are too many upright trees in her way.
(c) Because she moves better in water.
(d) Because the forest floor is uneven.

2. Before all of the animals discover Roz's presence by detecting her camouflaged body, what insects do notice her?
(a) The bees.
(b) The stick insects.
(c) The mosquitos.
(d) The crane flies.

3. When Roz encounters the inhabitants of her new choice of home, what does she shout to them?
(a) "My name is Roz!"
(b) "Please forgive me!"
(c) "I'm sorry!"
(d) "Please stay away!"

4. What does Loudwing tell Roz she will have to do if she wants the gosling to survive?
(a) Build him a nest in a tree.
(b) Keep him away from the foxes.
(c) Give him a name.
(d) Act like his mother.

5. Where do most of the island's residents gather during the hour of peace at dawn?
(a) In the Great Meadow.
(b) On the Rocky Shore.
(c) At the Y in the River.
(d) In the Flower Garden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the camouflaged creature and Roz do when they encounter one another?

3. When Roz finds a patch of ground she likes, what does she see as being its third good quality in addition to being flat and open?

4. Once she spots the perfect place on top of the mountain, how long does it take Roz to hike there?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When the narrator shares that upon Roz's arrival on the island, she feels at home and feels that she belongs, what does he list among the facts of which Roz is unaware?

3. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?

4. What is the Dawn Truce?

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

6. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?

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

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

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

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

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