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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 NOT part of Roz's and Brightbill's nightly routine?
(a) Roz rocks Brightbill back to sleep if he has nightmares.
(b) Roz tends the fire if it is cold and fans Brightbill if it is hot.
(c) Brightbill sleeps on the moss bench while Roz goes outside for a long nighttime walk.
(d) Roz brings Brightbill food or water if he wakes up hungry or thirsty.

2. When asked about her purpose, what is Roz's immediate reply?
(a) She says that she does not believe she has a purpose.
(b) She says that her purpose is to love.
(c) She says that her purpose is to be Brightbill's mother.
(d) She says that her purpose is to be the best robot she can be.

3. Once Roz and Brightbill and Chitchat makes friends with all of the creatures of the forest, what is the one type of creature they still view as dangerous to them?
(a) Bears.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Piranha.
(d) Deer.

4. According to the narrator, what good comes from the deaths of the animals who have frozen over the winter?
(a) Their remaining family members remember not to take each other for granted.
(b) Roz is able to make coats out of them to keep surviving animals warm.
(c) There is more food for everyone else.
(d) Their bodies nourish the soil and help create an amazing spring bloom.

5. What material does Mr. Beaver use to construct a new foot for Roz?
(a) Wood.
(b) Pressed flowers.
(c) Stone.
(d) Dead robot parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it impossible for Roz to participate in the following day's occasion with Brightbill?

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?

3. What does Chitchat tell Brightbill on the day of migration that makes him smile?

4. Who saves Brightbill from the Rockfish's sharp teeth when Roz is unable to help him?

5. Who breaks off Roz's robot foot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is significant about the events that transpire on Swimming Day?

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

7. What happens to cause Loudwing's advice to Roz that she let Brightbill cool off and have some time alone since youngsters of his age tend to be moody?

8. How does Roz feel about the relationship between Brightbill and Chitchat?

9. What is the effect of Roz's line at the end of Chapter 52 when she asks, "How bad could winter be?"

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

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