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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the otters no longer afraid of Roz when they encounter her again near the robot graveyard?
(a) They have heard that Roz is friendly and that she has adopted a gosling.
(b) They see that Roz is accompanied by a goose, so they assume she will not hurt animals.
(c) Roz makes an effort this time to show them her peaceful intentions.
(d) They have seen other robots since then and have come to no harm.

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

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

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

5. Who is the first freezing animal who comes to join Roz in her newly repaired lodge?
(a) Swooper.
(b) Digdown.
(c) Chitchat.
(d) Tawny.

6. 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 he were better at flying.
(d) He wishes Chitchat could fly with him.

7. What specific speech pattern does Chitchat use whenever she speaks?
(a) A lisp.
(b) Run-on sentences.
(c) A stutter.
(d) Pig Latin.

8. What does Roz say when Brightbill asks her if she too has instincts?
(a) She says that she does not know what instinct are.
(b) She says that she does not have instincts.
(c) She says that if she is glad she does not have instincts, since they would have kept her from adopting Brightbill.
(d) She says she does and that they help her stay alive.

9. When Roz tells Brightbill about her winter, what is the one development during the winter that she says had surprised her the most?
(a) That the cold killed some of their animal friends.
(b) That she had lived through the winter.
(c) That the other animals had come to really like her.
(d) That she had nearly forgotten her worries about Brightbill.

10. 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) Helping others.
(c) Spending more time with his family.
(d) Spending more time by a warm fire.

11. When Longneck ask if anyone has questions before the geese begin their journey, what does Roz ask?
(a) She asks how she is supposed to survive without her son.
(b) She asks when the geese will return.
(c) She asks if she can have one more hug from Brightbill.
(d) She asks where Brightbill should fly in the formation since he does not have other family members flying with him.

12. Why is it impossible for Roz to participate in the following day's occasion with Brightbill?
(a) Because she has to stay at home and recharge.
(b) Because if water gets into her body, it will cause damage.
(c) Because robots cannot fly.
(d) Because the rite of passage requires that parents stay behind.

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

14. What sound always makes Brightbill fall fast asleep?
(a) The sound of chirping magpies.
(b) The sound of ocean waves.
(c) The sound of thunder.
(d) The sound of rain.

15. What reason does Roz give for telling the animals to be careful around fire?
(a) She says that smoke from a fire can cause coughing.
(b) She says that fire can turn deadly in a moment's time.
(c) She says that fire can destroy a shelter in a moment's time.
(d) She says that fire can cause overheating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method does Brightbill use to become a truly excellent flier?

2. What materials does Roz use to patch the hole that has developed in the roof of the Nest?

3. According to the narrator, what good comes from the deaths of the animals who have frozen over the winter?

4. What does Brightbill do when Roz forbids him to see the robot graveyard?

5. For the first several weeks after Brightbill's departure, Roz spends her time in one particular way. What does she do?

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