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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. What is NOT part of Roz's and Brightbill's nightly routine?
(a) Roz tends the fire if it is cold and fans Brightbill if it is hot.
(b) Roz brings Brightbill food or water if he wakes up hungry or thirsty.
(c) Brightbill sleeps on the moss bench while Roz goes outside for a long nighttime walk.
(d) Roz rocks Brightbill back to sleep if he has nightmares.

2. What does Chitchat tell Brightbill on the day of migration that makes him smile?
(a) She says that she will think of new jokes while he is gone so she has a lot saved up for when he returns.
(b) She says she will look after Roz for him.
(c) She says that she will miss him terribly.
(d) She says that she has been trying to grow wings so that she could join the migration.

3. What does Loudwing say when Roz asks her about Brightbill swallowing pebbles?
(a) She tells Roz that they must take Brightbill to the island's doctor immediately.
(b) She tells Roz to make sure Brightbill is not swallowing anything besides food because it could hurt him.
(c) She tells Roz that geese often swallow a few pebbles in order to aid their digestion.
(d) She tells Roz to instruct Brightbill never to swallow pebbles again.

4. When Brightbill's first lengthy bout of flying is over, he is tired and pleased, but expresses one regret. What is that regret?
(a) He wishes that his biological parents were alive to see him fly.
(b) He wishes he were better at flying.
(c) He wishes Roz could fly wiith him.
(d) He wishes Chitchat could fly with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The night before the migration of the geese, what old routine do Roz and Brightbill return to?

2. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel about the friendship between Brightbill and Chitchat?

3. How old is Crag the turtle?

4. What is the name for a squirrel nest?

5. What sound always makes Brightbill fall fast asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to cause Loudwing's advice to Roz that she let Brightbill cool off and have some time alone since youngsters of his age tend to be moody?

2. What kinds of sensory details does the author use to describe autumn?

3. What unusual sight do Roz and Brightbill see one day during one of Brightbill's practice flight sessions on the ridge?

4. What is the effect of Roz's line at the end of Chapter 52 when she asks, "How bad could winter be?"

5. How does Roz feel about the relationship between Brightbill and Chitchat?

6. What does Roz do when she discovers that the harsh winter conditions have killed many of the island's creatures while she has been hibernating?

7. When Roz and Brightbill seek out Loudwing to tell them about migration, what does she report?

8. What one regret does Brightbill express surrounding his ability to fly?

9. What feelings does Brightbill express when he calls his family a strange one?

10. What is the significance of the revelation that among the migratory birds who will have to leave the island are the geese?

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