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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the first several weeks after Brightbill's departure, Roz spends her time in one particular way. What does she do?
(a) She climbs trees.
(b) She works to invent a flying machine.
(c) She goes into hibernation mode.
(d) She gathers firewood.

2. When autumn arrives and the animals begin to prepare for winter, the scaly animals look for new home and the feather animals grow more feathers. What do the furry animals do?
(a) They gather food for storing.
(b) They grow more fur.
(c) They rush to build warmer homes.
(d) They swim in the cold water once a day to begin acclimating to the coming cold temperatures.

3. What is NOT one safety feature added to the rebuilt lodge?
(a) A moat around the lodge.
(b) A deeper fire pit.
(c) A taller ceiling.
(d) A supply of water for emergencies.

4. Which of the goslings becomes the leader of the other goslings during their flying expeditions?
(a) Brightbill.
(b) Chitchat.
(c) Loudwing.
(d) Longneck.

5. 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.

6. What does Mrs. Beaver suggest Roz do with Rockfish?
(a) Fry him up for dinner.
(b) Put him into a fishbowl.
(c) Trap him under the ice.
(d) Toss him to the vultures.

7. 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 decides to build a greater number of lodges.
(c) She sets a rotating schedule of who can stay in the lodge which night of the week.
(d) She adds a second story to the Nest.

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

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

10. What does Roz do when she sees Brightbill swallowing pebbles on the beach?
(a) She gives him cod liver oil in hopes that they will help him digest the pebbles.
(b) She tells him it is fine to eat pebbles because eating just a few will help him digest his food.
(c) She shakes him to see if she can hear the pebbles rattling around.
(d) She holds him upside down and hopes the pebbles will fall out of his mouth.

11. Once Roz and Brightbill and Chitchat makes friends with all of the creatures of the forest, what is the one type of creature they still view as dangerous to them?
(a) Bears.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Deer.
(d) Piranha.

12. How does Roz find out why Rockmouth is so angry?
(a) Swooper tells her.
(b) She threatens him with letting the bears loose on him unless he tells her the source of his anger.
(c) Paddler tells her.
(d) She puts him by himself in a small pond and waits for him to explain himself.

13. 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.

14. 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 she does and that they help her stay alive.
(d) She says that if she is glad she does not have instincts, since they would have kept her from adopting Brightbill.

15. Who breaks off Roz's robot foot?
(a) Thorn.
(b) Swooper.
(c) Nettle.
(d) Brightbill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Roz tells Brightbill about her winter, what is the one development during the winter that she says had surprised her the most?

3. What pseudo-feeling does Roz experience when she watches Brightbill practice his new skill?

4. What does Brightbill say when Roz asks him why he has not yet visited the robot graveyard?

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

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