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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What strategy does Roz try first in order to escape the inhabitants of her chosen home?
(a) She tries to burrow underground.
(b) She tries to hide.
(c) She tries to jump into a tree.
(d) She tries to outrun them.

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

4. When Roz begins to understand how the deer speak, what does she say about their speech?
(a) That they mostly use their bodies to speak.
(b) That they speak a different language than the elk.
(c) That the adults use one pattern of speech and the fawns use another.
(d) That they use such quiet voices that she does not understand how they hear one another.

5. As Roz descends from the mountaintop, what causes a clanging sound?
(a) Acorns being thrown by squirrels bouncing off her body.
(b) Raindrops hitting her body.
(c) A foghorn from a ship in the distance.
(d) Her robot feet slipping on the wet rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new place does Roz spot that looks like a perfect new place for her to stay?

2. What do the otters do when Roz emerges from her crate?

3. What does the narrator say is the one thing Roz's pursuers want to do to her above all things?

4. Where do most of the island's residents gather during the hour of peace at dawn?

5. What type of animal does Roz observe in order to improve her method of cliff-climbing?

(see the answer key)

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