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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 an old goose, what is the first question she asks the goose?
(a) "Why is this gosling so noisy?"
(b) "What shall I name this gosling?"
(c) "What can I feed this gosling?"
(d) "Will you take the gosling?"

2. When Roz is observing the processes of childbirth and rearing, what species does she NOT observe?
(a) A chick.
(b) A snake.
(c) A deer.
(d) A gosling.

3. What happens to get Roz's body sticky?
(a) Honey from a bee hive falls onto her.
(b) She steps on a banana slug.
(c) Tree resin falls onto her.
(d) She falls into a tarpit.

4. What prey does Roz see foxes stalk?
(a) Hares.
(b) Goslings.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Chickadees.

5. What does Roz do to survive the threat she encounters on the mountaintop?
(a) She holds fast to a pine tree.
(b) She constructs an umbrella to shield herself from the sun.
(c) She crouches just inside the lip of the volcano.
(d) She explains to the eagles that she means them no harm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new place does Roz spot that looks like a perfect new place for her to stay?

2. Fink the fox makes a request of Roz. What does he ask of her?

3. Before all of the animals discover Roz's presence by detecting her camouflaged body, what insects do notice her?

4. How many geese does Roz accidentally kill when she slides down the cliff in the rainstorm?

5. What constitutes Roz's version of sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Roz's first major act in service of another creature?

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

3. Besides informing her experience of motherhood, what other area of life does Pinktail's advice help Roz with?

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

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

6. How does Roz apply the lesson she learns from the stick insect?

7. What lesson does Roz learn from the stick insect and how does she acknowledge his ability to help her?

8. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?

9. How do the sounds that Roz makes contrast with the sounds already occurring within the forest prior to her arrival?

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

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