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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are even the animals who hibernate in danger during this winter?
(a) Because all of the animals' food stores have become frozen and inaccessible.
(b) Because the winter has come so quickly that the hibernating animals were unable to grow enough extra fur to keep them warm.
(c) Because the caves and burrows in which they hibernate have filled with ice and snow.
(d) Because the weather has been so extreme that they have been roused from hibernation.

3. After others sharing what they think Roz's purpose is, she says that perhaps she does know what her purpose is. What does she say she thinks her purpose may be?
(a) To be a good mother to Brightbill.
(b) To serve humans.
(c) To help others.
(d) To love everyone.

4. What does the deer family get in return for Tawny's help in constructing the garden?
(a) Roz babysits Tawny's fawns whenever she wants.
(b) Roz sends Brightbill over to play with Tawny's fawns to keep them busy.
(c) Roz helps to clean off the buck's velvet during the appropriate season.
(d) Her family gets to feed there each evening.

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

6. What does Roz say when Brightbill asks her if she too has instincts?
(a) She says she does and that they help her stay alive.
(b) She says that she does not know what instinct are.
(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 that she does not have instincts.

7. 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 stacked the kindling too close to the fire pit.
(c) The lodge has been struck by lightning.
(d) The animals have put too many logs in the fire pit.

8. When Brightbill asks Roz if she will ever die, what is her reply?
(a) "Never."
(b) "Only after you do."
(c) "I would never leave you."
(d) "I think so."

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

10. 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 she had nearly forgotten her worries about Brightbill.
(b) That she had lived through the winter.
(c) That the cold killed some of their animal friends.
(d) That the other animals had come to really like her.

11. What material does Mr. Beaver use to construct a new foot for Roz?
(a) Wood.
(b) Pressed flowers.
(c) Dead robot parts.
(d) Stone.

12. Before plants are installed in the garden, what favor does Tawny ask of the neighbors?
(a) To gather seeds from the forest.
(b) To install an irrigation system using the river as the source of the water.
(c) To leave their droppings on the garden.
(d) To aerate the soil but digging their claws and hooves into it.

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

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

15. What advice does Loudwing give to Roz about Brightbill's recent bad behavior?
(a) She tells Roz that she should go ask Swooper for advice about what to do.
(b) She tells Roz that she must punish Brightbill for his behavior.
(c) She tells Roz that it is natural for adolescents to be moody and that he just needs to be alone for a while.
(d) She tells Roz to forget about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. What is NOT one safety feature added to the rebuilt lodge?

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

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?

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