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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 does Roz say to her pursuers when they threaten her?
(a) "Please go away."
(b) "Why are you mad at me?"
(c) "What did I do?"
(d) "I do not understand you."

2. Where do most of the island's residents gather during the hour of peace at dawn?
(a) At the Y in the River.
(b) On the Rocky Shore.
(c) In the Flower Garden.
(d) In the Great Meadow.

3. After camouflaging herself for the first time, where does Roz settle in?
(a) Among the swamp grasses.
(b) On the riverbank.
(c) Among some rocks.
(d) In a cave.

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

5. Once Roz and Mr. Beaver finish building a lodge for Roz and Brightbill, what does Roz name it?
(a) The Lodge.
(b) Streamcatcher.
(c) Dreamsnatcher.
(d) The Nest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Roz's robot tools does she use at first, but then turn off when she decides it is inappropriate in this environment?

3. What does Roz do to survive the threat she encounters on the mountaintop?

4. What are the first words Roz speaks to the animals in her own language?

5. When the owl refuses Roz's first request of the island's animals, what does he give as his reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. When the narrator shares that upon Roz's arrival on the island, she feels at home and feels that she belongs, what does he list among the facts of which Roz is unaware?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What is the Dawn Truce?

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