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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it impossible for Roz to participate in the following day's occasion with Brightbill?
(a) Because she has to stay at home and recharge.
(b) Because the rite of passage requires that parents stay behind.
(c) Because robots cannot fly.
(d) Because if water gets into her body, it will cause damage.

2. Where do Roz and Brightbill spend most of their time when he is still a gosling?
(a) In the bears' cave.
(b) At the robot graveyard.
(c) Their garden.
(d) The Great Meadow.

3. 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 swim in the cold water once a day to begin acclimating to the coming cold temperatures.
(d) They rush to build warmer homes.

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

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) Transports him back to his river home.
(c) Builds him his own special pond.
(d) Smashes the beaver dam.

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

7. When Loudwing visits the garden, what occasion does she tell Roz is the following day?
(a) Climbing Day.
(b) Jumping Day.
(c) Flying Day.
(d) Swimming Day.

8. Where is Brightbill's favorite place to fly?
(a) Up on the grassy ridge.
(b) Above the robot graveyard.
(c) Above the Great Meadow.
(d) Over the ocean.

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

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

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

12. What does Roz do while her guests are asleep in the Nest each night?
(a) She shuts herself down.
(b) She tends the fire.
(c) She gathers food outside.
(d) She prepares creature comforts for Brightbill's return.

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

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

15. When Brightbill's first lengthy bout of flying is over, he is tired and pleased, but expresses one regret. What is that regret?
(a) He wishes that his biological parents were alive to see him fly.
(b) He wishes he were better at flying.
(c) He wishes Chitchat could fly with him.
(d) He wishes Roz could fly wiith him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the deer family get in return for Tawny's help in constructing the garden?

3. How does Roz find out why Rockmouth is so angry?

4. What does Roz tell Chitchat when she asks the meaning of the word "celestial"?

5. What sound always makes Brightbill fall fast asleep?

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