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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 observes Pinktail the opossum play dead and evade a badger, what do Roz and Pinktail talk about once the badger leaves?
(a) Acting.
(b) The winter.
(c) Badgers.
(d) Raising children.

2. What type of bird begins to circle Roz's head when it feels she is threatening its nest?
(a) A falcon.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A bluejay.
(d) A robin.

3. Before all of the animals discover Roz's presence by detecting her camouflaged body, what insects do notice her?
(a) The bees.
(b) The mosquitos.
(c) The crane flies.
(d) The stick insects.

4. What is the first selfless act Roz performs that begins to end her period of alienation?
(a) She pulls porcupine quills from Fink the fox's face.
(b) She cleans the mud from the outside of the bees' hive.
(c) She builds a new nest for Swooper the owl.
(d) She builds a fire inside the beavers' dam.

5. What is the one thing Roz DOES know at the time she realizes she is on an island?
(a) She had been built in a factory.
(b) The ship she had been on sank in a hurricane.
(c) She had washed ashore in a crate.
(d) She is home.

Short Answer Questions

1. After descending the mountain, what is the first thing Roz does?

2. As Roz looks at the geese she has killed, what sound does she hear?

3. What does Loudwing tell Roz she will have to do if she wants the gosling to survive?

4. What materials does Roz NOT use to camouflage herself?

5. When Roz begins to clean off the sticky substance, what happens to thwart her efforts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?

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

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

4. What is the Dawn Truce?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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