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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. When Longneck ask if anyone has questions before the geese begin their journey, what does Roz ask?
(a) She asks when the geese will return.
(b) She asks where Brightbill should fly in the formation since he does not have other family members flying with him.
(c) She asks how she is supposed to survive without her son.
(d) She asks if she can have one more hug from Brightbill.

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?
(a) She says she does not think that is a good idea and that she thinks he should migrate with the flock.
(b) She says that she will ask Loudwing.
(c) She says that he will die if he stays.
(d) She says that if he can get five other geese to agree to stay as well, that Roz will let Brightbill stay.

3. What method does Brightbill use to become a truly excellent flier?
(a) He puts to use Roz's analysis of flight techniques.
(b) He practices every minute of every day and sometimes even at night.
(c) He moves through a series of air exercises each day.
(d) He watches how hawks and owls and sparrows and vultures move through the air.

4. Brightbill is different in one way from the other goslings his age. What is that difference?
(a) His beak is shorter than other goslings his age.
(b) He is not as skilled at flying as other goslings his age.
(c) He is slower at swimming than other goslings his age.
(d) He is smaller than other goslings his age.

5. Who breaks off Roz's robot foot?
(a) Thorn.
(b) Nettle.
(c) Brightbill.
(d) Swooper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pseudo-feeling does Roz experience when she watches Brightbill practice his new skill?

2. When Roz finds out that Rockmouth has been angry due to the beaver dam blocking him from his river home, what does she do?

3. After Roz fixes the hole in the roof of the Nest, she shouts something out into the night. What does she shout?

4. When the second lodge catches on fire, what does Broadfoot say is the cause?

5. What does Roz tell Chitchat when she asks the meaning of the word "celestial"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Brightbill asks about his birth mother, what does he say after Roz reveals the truth?

4. What is the significance of the old routine to which Brightbill and Roz return the night before he leaves for the migration?

5. What benefits does the garden provide to the island community?

6. 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?

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

8. Why does Brightbill become a target of teasing for the other goslings?

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

10. What does Roz say about the universe when Chitchat asks about it during one of their stargazing sessions?

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