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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one object that Roz does NOT use camouflage to resemble?
(a) A straw hut.
(b) A clump of seaweed.
(c) A rock.
(d) A log.

2. What is the one thing Roz DOES know at the time she realizes she is on an island?
(a) The ship she had been on sank in a hurricane.
(b) She had been built in a factory.
(c) She is home.
(d) She had washed ashore in a crate.

3. What materials does Roz NOT use to camouflage herself?
(a) Honeycomb.
(b) Moss.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Mud.

4. How do the otters accidentally activate Roz?
(a) By pushing a button on the back of her head.
(b) By turning her toward the sun.
(c) By squealing at a particular frequency.
(d) By tipping the crate over.

5. When asked where she has come from, what does Roz say?
(a) "I come from here."
(b) "I am from LabTech Industries."
(c) "I am home now."
(d) "I am from Cincinnati."

6. How many geese does Roz accidentally kill when she slides down the cliff in the rainstorm?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

7. What sound do Roz's pursuers hear that makes them leave her?
(a) A boom of thunder.
(b) Roz's warning siren.
(c) Their mother calling them.
(d) A rattlesnake's rattle.

8. What type of bird does Roz see circling above the foothills?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Robins.

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

10. After the very first time Roz experiences a fall, what does she do immediately afterward?
(a) She jumps into a tree and starts to swing from branch to branch rather than walking.
(b) She deactivates herself.
(c) She lies down to recuperate.
(d) She cleans herself.

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

12. What catches the attention of the otters to make them come near to Roz?
(a) The wet rocks sparkling in the sun.
(b) The glowing light coming from Roz's crate.
(c) The sound of Roz telling them her name.
(d) The smashed robot parts glinting in the sun.

13. When the owl refuses Roz's first request of the island's animals, what does he give as his reason?
(a) She seems unnatural to him.
(b) He is afraid he will be eaten.
(c) He believes her request is a trick to get them to be her friends.
(d) She does not seem to need any survival techniques.

14. What objects begin to fall from the trees, annoying Roz and causing her to look for a new place to stay?
(a) Pinecones.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Tree branches.

15. What is the first selfless act Roz performs that begins to end her period of alienation?
(a) She builds a fire inside the beavers' dam.
(b) She cleans the mud from the outside of the bees' hive.
(c) She builds a new nest for Swooper the owl.
(d) She pulls porcupine quills from Fink the fox's face.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Roz say to her pursuers when they threaten her?

3. What does Roz do to survive the threat she encounters on the mountaintop?

4. What is the news shared by the leader of the first dawn meeting readers are privy to?

5. For one hour each day at dawn, all animals are safe because of their agreed-upon lack of hunting during this time. What is this hour called?

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