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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What prey does Roz see foxes stalk?
(a) Hares.
(b) Goslings.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Chickadees.

3. What method does the bird finally use to drive Roz away from its nest?
(a) It gets other birds to join her in swooping around Roz's head.
(b) It pecks at Roz.
(c) It splatters its droppings onto Roz.
(d) It sings a song because it knows Roz hates music.

4. While Roz finishes activating, she explains what she will do when she is not needed. What does she say she will do?
(a) Stay out of the way.
(b) Build a second robot to keep her company.
(c) Turn herself off.
(d) Climb back into her crate.

5. What is the news shared by the leader of the first dawn meeting readers are privy to?
(a) That there is a monster on the island.
(b) That food needs to be shared more equally.
(c) That there is a shortage of clean water on the island.
(d) That there has been too much infighting recently.

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

7. What does Mr. and Mrs. Beaver's son Paddler say about Roz taking on the role of Brightbill's mother?
(a) That he does not see how the gosling can survive with Roz as his mother.
(b) That she is a very good robot for taking care of Brightbill.
(c) That it will be very difficult for her to learn how to be a mother.
(d) That his own mother should help Roz since she is such a good mother to him.

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

9. During the first dawn meeting described by the narrator, who leads the meeting?
(a) Swooper the owl.
(b) Woody the woodchuck.
(c) Chitchat the squirrel.
(d) Muddy the mudskipper.

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

11. What strategy does Roz use that works to drive her pursuers away?
(a) She jumps into a tree and shakes pinecones down onto their heads.
(b) She asks the beavers if she can hide in their lodge.
(c) She camouflages herself with moss.
(d) She jumps into the ocean and swims out of reach.

12. After camouflaging herself for the first time, where does Roz settle in?
(a) In a cave.
(b) On the riverbank.
(c) Among some rocks.
(d) Among the swamp grasses.

13. How does Roz get out of her crate?
(a) The otters smash it onto the rocks below so she can escape.
(b) She pulls it apart herself.
(c) The bears come rake the crate with their claws to create holes.
(d) She pushes a button on the inside of the crate and it disintegrates.

14. What reason does Loudwing give for her belief that it will be a miracle if Brightbill survives?
(a) He has no brothers or sisters.
(b) He does not have a way to stay warm.
(c) He has a robot for a mother.
(d) He is a runt and an orphan.

15. What two metamorphic processes does Roz watch happen during her camouflaged hiding?
(a) Caterpillars becoming moths and tadpoles becoming frogs.
(b) Ducks becoming platypuses and tadpoles becoming frogs.
(c) Tadpoles becoming toads and moths becoming butterflies.
(d) Tadpoles becoming frogs and caterpillars becoming butterflies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Roz encounters an old goose, what is the first question she asks the goose?

2. Why does Roz's first choice of escape strategy from the cave fail?

3. What strategy does Roz try first in order to escape the inhabitants of her chosen home?

4. What do the camouflaged creature and Roz do when they encounter one another?

5. Why is it difficult for Roz to walk in the forest?

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