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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. What constitutes Roz's version of sleep?
(a) She stands motionless, thinking about her goals for the next day.
(b) She switches off her nonessential programs.
(c) She sings lullabies to herself.
(d) She lies on the ground and looks up at the stars.

2. When Roz begins to understand how the deer speak, what does she say about their speech?
(a) That they mostly use their bodies to speak.
(b) That they use such quiet voices that she does not understand how they hear one another.
(c) That the adults use one pattern of speech and the fawns use another.
(d) That they speak a different language than the elk.

3. After the very first time Roz experiences a fall, what does she do immediately afterward?
(a) She cleans herself.
(b) She deactivates herself.
(c) She lies down to recuperate.
(d) She jumps into a tree and starts to swing from branch to branch rather than walking.

4. As Roz looks at the geese she has killed, what sound does she hear?
(a) The crack of lightning.
(b) The sound of a babbling brook.
(c) The sound of crying.
(d) A peeping sound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what creature does Roz learn the value of camouflage?

2. What is the problem when Roz's tries to live in a cave?

3. What does Mr. and Mrs. Beaver's son Paddler say about Roz taking on the role of Brightbill's mother?

4. What sound do Roz's pursuers hear that makes them leave her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Roz reveal about herself once she begins to speak after being activated?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Dawn Truce?

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

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

10. Why does Roz's crate arrive unharmed upon the island when the other four floating crates do not?

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