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

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

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

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

5. What catches the attention of the otters to make them come near to Roz?
(a) The sound of Roz telling them her name.
(b) The glowing light coming from Roz's crate.
(c) The wet rocks sparkling in the sun.
(d) The smashed robot parts glinting in the sun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What objects begin to fall from the trees, annoying Roz and causing her to look for a new place to stay?

3. When a voice emerges from the goose egg, saying, "Mama! Mama!" how does Roz at first reply?

4. After the very first time Roz experiences a fall, what does she do immediately afterward?

5. When Roz finds a patch of ground she likes, what does she see as being its third good quality in addition to being flat and open?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Though the beavers are the experts when it comes to building, there is one main thing they cannot do. What is it and how does the author demonstrate that all of us have our own unique areas of expertise?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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