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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 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 help others.
(b) To love everyone.
(c) To be a good mother to Brightbill.
(d) To serve humans.

2. Why are even the animals who hibernate in danger during this winter?
(a) Because the caves and burrows in which they hibernate have filled with ice and snow.
(b) Because the winter has come so quickly that the hibernating animals were unable to grow enough extra fur to keep them warm.
(c) Because all of the animals' food stores have become frozen and inaccessible.
(d) Because the weather has been so extreme that they have been roused from hibernation.

3. When Roz finds out that Rockmouth has been angry due to the beaver dam blocking him from his river home, what does she do?
(a) Smashes the beaver dam.
(b) Builds him his own special pond.
(c) Tells him to adapt to his new surroundings and to stop trying to hurt other animals.
(d) Transports him back to his river home.

4. 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) "How are you today?"
(c) "Hello, my name is Brightbill."
(d) "Want to play?"

5. How old is Chitchat when Brightbill first meets her?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twelve and a half weeks.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Loudwing visits the garden, what occasion does she tell Roz is the following day?

2. What does Roz decide to do when she realizes that the Nest is at its capacity?

3. What reason does Roz give for being worried about the flock of geese?

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

5. When Roz steps outside the nest and sees snow, she sees shapes underneath the snow. What do the shapes turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Brightbill asks if he can skip migration and instead remain on the island with Roz during the winter, Roz says she does not think that is a good idea and that he should migrate with the flock. What are the reasons behind this pronouncement?

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

5. What is significant about the events that transpire on Swimming Day?

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

7. When Roz and Brightbill decide they can no longer stand wondering about what will happen when they press Roz's deactivation button and they press it, what happens?

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

9. Why are the animals unsure if they want another lodge after one of them burns down?

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

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