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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Roz encounters the inhabitants of her new choice of home, what does she shout to them?
(a) "My name is Roz!"
(b) "Please forgive me!"
(c) "Please stay away!"
(d) "I'm sorry!"

2. What type of animal does Roz observe in order to improve her method of cliff-climbing?
(a) A goat.
(b) A crab.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A frog.

3. What is the first request Roz makes of the animals?
(a) She wants them to build her a house.
(b) She wants them to be nice to her.
(c) She wants them to teach her their survival techniques.
(d) She wants them to bend her arm back into its rightful shape.

4. Why does Loudwing send Roz to speak to Mr. Beaver?
(a) So he can use his tail to grind corn that Brightbill can eat.
(b) So he can tell her how to raise an orphan.
(c) So he can build her a shelter for Brightbill.
(d) So he can carve a bed out of wood for Brightbill to sleep in.

5. Why is it difficult for Roz to walk in the forest?
(a) Because animals keep getting in her way.
(b) Because there are too many upright trees in her way.
(c) Because she moves better in water.
(d) Because the forest floor is uneven.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Roz observes Pinktail the opossum play dead and evade a badger, what do Roz and Pinktail talk about once the badger leaves?

2. When Roz encounters an old goose, what is the first question she asks the goose?

3. When Roz is observing the processes of childbirth and rearing, what species does she NOT observe?

4. How many crates of robots are there in total?

5. What is the news shared by the leader of the first dawn meeting readers are privy to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel when she sees that the island creatures have made it through the storm just fine?

2. What is ironic about Loudwing's advice to Roz regarding how "easy" motherhood is?

3. What does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?

4. What does Roz do when she realizes that the gosling is hungry but that she does not know what to feed it?

5. What learned tactic does Roz apply to the situation with the bears?

6. When the bears growl menacingly at her, what is Roz's reply to them and why does this exchange fail to help the situation be resolved?

7. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?

8. When Roz notices a particularly well-attended meeting in the Great Meadow one morning, what happens during the meeting?

9. Why are Roz's decisions about how to use her headlights in the wilderness significant to the story?

10. After Roz constructs a makeshift nest and climbs a tree, she watches a scene unfold below her and learns something from an opossum that directly informs her ideas about raising the goose inside the egg she has found. What does she learn and how does she apply that learning?

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