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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches the goslings in their new skill lessons for the celebrated day?
(a) Chitchat.
(b) Loudwing.
(c) Roz.
(d) Brightbill.

2. What reason does Roz give for telling the animals to be careful around fire?
(a) She says that fire can destroy a shelter in a moment's time.
(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 cause overheating.

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

4. What materials does Roz use to patch the hole that has developed in the roof of the Nest?
(a) Mud, seashells, and twigs.
(b) Honey, tar, and feathers.
(c) Branches, mud, and leaves.
(d) Rope, branches, and robot parts.

5. What reason does Roz give Brightbill for wanting to wait to show him the robot graveyard?
(a) She says he is too young to see dead robots.
(b) She says if they wait for the sun to warm the robot parts over a series of days, some of them may still be operative.
(c) She says that she is not ready to see the dead robots.
(d) She says the dead robots are covered in snow, so they will have to wait until spring.

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

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

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

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 the other animals had come to really like her.
(c) That she had nearly forgotten her worries about Brightbill.
(d) That she had lived through the winter.

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

11. When Roz and Brightbill have questions about the migration, to whom do they go for answers?
(a) Longneck and the Beaver family.
(b) Loudwing and the other older geese.
(c) Swooper.
(d) The family of bears.

12. What is NOT an event Brightbill tells within the long story of the migration when he returns?
(a) The farmer's cat's murder of Longneck.
(b) The farmer's murder of Longneck.
(c) The farmer's cat helping the geese sneak inside the warm greenhouse.
(d) Meeting a pigeon named Graybeak who shows the geese the robots in the city.

13. When the second lodge catches on fire, what does Broadfoot say is the cause?
(a) The animals have added sap to the fire.
(b) The animals have put too many logs in the fire pit.
(c) The lodge has been struck by lightning.
(d) The animals have stacked the kindling too close to the fire pit.

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

15. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel about the friendship between Brightbill and Chitchat?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Protectiveness.
(c) Annoyance.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who breaks off Roz's robot foot?

4. Brightbill is different in one way from the other goslings his age. What is that difference?

5. Before plants are installed in the garden, what favor does Tawny ask of the neighbors?

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