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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what good comes from the deaths of the animals who have frozen over the winter?
(a) There is more food for everyone else.
(b) Their remaining family members remember not to take each other for granted.
(c) Their bodies nourish the soil and help create an amazing spring bloom.
(d) Roz is able to make coats out of them to keep surviving animals warm.

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

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

4. When Brightbill begins to speak to everyone who will listen, what does he say at the start of each conversation?
(a) "My mom is Roz."
(b) "How are you today?"
(c) "Want to play?"
(d) "Hello, my name is Brightbill."

5. After Roz fixes the hole in the roof of the Nest, she shouts something out into the night. What does she shout?
(a) She shouts to the island's animals that the geese will be returning from their migration the following day.
(b) She shouts to the island's animals that there will be a mass funeral the following day.
(c) She shouts to the island's animals that they do not have to freeze, for they are welcome in her warm lodge.
(d) She shouts that she is lonely.

6. What happens when Roz and Brightbill get so curious about Roz's button that they press it?
(a) She shuts down but when she restarts, she is unable to speak the animals' languages.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) She shuts down and restarts without incident.
(d) She is temporarily unable to see, hear, or smell.

7. What does Chitchat tell Brightbill on the day of migration that makes him smile?
(a) She says that she has been trying to grow wings so that she could join the migration.
(b) She says she will look after Roz for him.
(c) She says that she will think of new jokes while he is gone so she has a lot saved up for when he returns.
(d) She says that she will miss him terribly.

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

9. What does Roz tell Chitchat when she asks the meaning of the word "celestial"?
(a) "Celestial means having a certain measure of grace."
(b) "Celestial means something that is in outer space."
(c) "Celestial means something that hangs in the air."
(d) "Celestial means carrying the characteristics of a cell."

10. What does Loudwing say when Roz asks her about Brightbill swallowing pebbles?
(a) She tells Roz that they must take Brightbill to the island's doctor immediately.
(b) She tells Roz to instruct Brightbill never to swallow pebbles again.
(c) She tells Roz that geese often swallow a few pebbles in order to aid their digestion.
(d) She tells Roz to make sure Brightbill is not swallowing anything besides food because it could hurt him.

11. What method does Roz use in order to determine if the pond is safe to cross?
(a) She chops a tree down and watches it bounce off the ice as it falls.
(b) She throws a torch onto the ice.
(c) She asks Broadfoot the moose to check if the ice is solid.
(d) She throws a heavy rock onto the ice and watches it bounce.

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

13. Which animal does Rockfish the pike grab by the tail, causing the animal to call for help?
(a) Paddler.
(b) Brightbill.
(c) Digdown.
(d) Tawny.

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

15. What does Brightbill do when Roz forbids him to see the robot graveyard?
(a) He flies there anyway.
(b) He cries.
(c) He throws a temper tantrum, beating his wings furiously.
(d) He refuses to speak to Roz for several days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roz do when she sees Brightbill swallowing pebbles on the beach?

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

3. What words does Brightbill speak after the first time he flies?

4. Which of the goslings becomes the leader of the other goslings during their flying expeditions?

5. How old is Chitchat when Brightbill first meets her?

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