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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brightbill's yellow fluff turn into when he moves out of childhood?
(a) A coat of silky white feathers.
(b) A coat of silky brown feathers.
(c) A rough coat of quills that will later grow into feathers.
(d) A layer of white downy fluff.

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?
(a) Tells him to adapt to his new surroundings and to stop trying to hurt other animals.
(b) Builds him his own special pond.
(c) Transports him back to his river home.
(d) Smashes the beaver dam.

3. What is the name for a squirrel nest?
(a) A den.
(b) A barringer.
(c) A drey.
(d) A burrow.

4. What causes Roz to propose a perpetual truce within the Nest?
(a) She notices that everyone's hunger is growing.
(b) She looks around and sees predators lying with prey but wonders how long the peace can last.
(c) After a fox eats a hare right in front of the fire, she worries that more deaths will occur in the Nest.
(d) Swooper suggests it to her.

5. Who saves Brightbill from the Rockfish's sharp teeth when Roz is unable to help him?
(a) Tawny.
(b) Chitchat.
(c) Swooper.
(d) Loudwing.

6. What pseudo-feeling does Roz experience when she watches Brightbill practice his new skill?
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Pride.
(d) Worry.

7. When Brightbill's first lengthy bout of flying is over, he is tired and pleased, but expresses one regret. What is that regret?
(a) He wishes Roz could fly wiith him.
(b) He wishes that his biological parents were alive to see him fly.
(c) He wishes Chitchat could fly with him.
(d) He wishes he were better at flying.

8. Who saves the baby hare trapped in the fire within the second lodge?
(a) Roz.
(b) Broadfoot.
(c) Chitchat.
(d) Swooper.

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

10. When Brightbill tells Roz that the other goslings have been making fun of him, what does he say their comments are about?
(a) They laugh at Brightbill for saying hello to everyone he sees.
(b) They laugh at Brightbill for being an orphan.
(c) They laugh at Brightbill for having a monster mother.
(d) They laugh at Brightbill for being a weak swimmer.

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

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

13. When Digdown gives a speech one night, he says that if he could live his life all over again, he would spend more time doing a certain activity. What is that activity?
(a) Swimming in the ocean.
(b) Spending more time with his family.
(c) Spending more time by a warm fire.
(d) Helping others.

14. What does Roz decide to do when she realizes that the Nest is at its capacity?
(a) She decides to build a greater number of lodges.
(b) She adds a second story to the Nest.
(c) She leaves the Nest to make room for more animals.
(d) She sets a rotating schedule of who can stay in the lodge which night of the week.

15. Where do Roz and Brightbill spend most of their time when he is still a gosling?
(a) Their garden.
(b) In the bears' cave.
(c) The Great Meadow.
(d) At the robot graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Beaver suggest Roz do with Rockfish?

2. What is NOT part of Roz's and Brightbill's nightly routine?

3. Why are the otters no longer afraid of Roz when they encounter her again near the robot graveyard?

4. What does Loudwing say when Roz asks her about Brightbill swallowing pebbles?

5. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel about the friendship between Brightbill and Chitchat?

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