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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 Loudwing visits the garden, what occasion does she tell Roz is the following day?
(a) Jumping Day.
(b) Flying Day.
(c) Climbing Day.
(d) Swimming Day.

2. When Digdown gives a speech one night, he says that if he could live his life all over again, he would spend more time doing a certain activity. What is that activity?
(a) Spending more time with his family.
(b) Helping others.
(c) Spending more time by a warm fire.
(d) Swimming in the ocean.

3. What does Brightbill tell Chitchat that makes her speechless?
(a) That he wants to teach her how to build a fire.
(b) That he cannot understand her.
(c) That he wants to be friends with her.
(d) That he thinks she has a nice bushy tail.

4. How old is Crag the turtle?
(a) 53 years old.
(b) 82 years old.
(c) 93 years old.
(d) 74 years old.

5. Which animal does Rockfish the pike grab by the tail, causing the animal to call for help?
(a) Digdown.
(b) Paddler.
(c) Tawny.
(d) Brightbill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brightbill is different in one way from the other goslings his age. What is that difference?

2. What does Roz do while her guests are asleep in the Nest each night?

3. Before plants are installed in the garden, what favor does Tawny ask of the neighbors?

4. What does Mrs. Beaver suggest Roz do with Rockfish?

5. What is NOT part of Roz's and Brightbill's nightly routine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the old routine to which Brightbill and Roz return the night before he leaves for the migration?

2. When Roz and Brightbill seek out Loudwing to tell them about migration, what does she report?

3. What one regret does Brightbill express surrounding his ability to fly?

4. What feelings does Brightbill express when he calls his family a strange one?

5. When Brightbill asks if he can skip migration and instead remain on the island with Roz during the winter, Roz says she does not think that is a good idea and that he should migrate with the flock. What are the reasons behind this pronouncement?

6. What methods does Brightbill use to become an excellent flier?

7. What benefits does the garden provide to the island community?

8. Why are the animals unsure if they want another lodge after one of them burns down?

9. What does Brightbill say his feelings are about leaving for the migration just before his departure?

10. What kinds of sensory details does the author use to describe autumn?

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