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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 heavy rock onto the ice and watches it bounce.
(c) She chops a tree down and watches it bounce off the ice as it falls.
(d) She throws a torch onto the ice.

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

3. 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) "Hello, my name is Brightbill."
(d) "Want to play?"

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

5. What does Brightbill say when Roz asks him why he has not yet visited the robot graveyard?
(a) He says that he had gotten nervous and had wanted Roz to go with him.
(b) He says that he had changed his mind about wanting to see the dead robots.
(c) He says that the cliff was too steep for him.
(d) He says that Roz had told him not to go, so he had wanted to obey.

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

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

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

9. 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 it is natural for adolescents to be moody and that he just needs to be alone for a while.
(c) She tells Roz to forget about it.
(d) She tells Roz that she must punish Brightbill for his behavior.

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

11. What does Brightbill tell Chitchat that makes her speechless?
(a) That he thinks she has a nice bushy tail.
(b) That he cannot understand her.
(c) That he wants to teach her how to build a fire.
(d) That he wants to be friends with her.

12. When Roz steps outside the nest and sees snow, she sees shapes underneath the snow. What do the shapes turn out to be?
(a) Snowdrifts.
(b) Frozen animal corpses.
(c) Other lodges.
(d) Bushes.

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

14. 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.

15. What words does Brightbill speak after the first time he flies?
(a) "I want to do it again!"
(b) "Can I fly across the ocean now?"
(c) "I'm a natural!"
(d) "What can I learn next?"

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brightbill asks Roz if she will ever die, what is her reply?

2. What does Brightbill's yellow fluff turn into when he moves out of childhood?

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

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

5. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel about the friendship between Brightbill and Chitchat?

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