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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 method does Roz use in order to determine if the pond is safe to cross?
(a) She throws a heavy rock onto the ice and watches it bounce.
(b) She chops a tree down and watches it bounce off the ice as it falls.
(c) She throws a torch onto the ice.
(d) She asks Broadfoot the moose to check if the ice is solid.

2. Brightbill is different in one way from the other goslings his age. What is that difference?
(a) He is slower at swimming than other goslings his age.
(b) He is not as skilled at flying as other goslings his age.
(c) He is smaller than other goslings his age.
(d) His beak is shorter than other goslings his age.

3. What specific speech pattern does Chitchat use whenever she speaks?
(a) A stutter.
(b) Run-on sentences.
(c) A lisp.
(d) Pig Latin.

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

5. What does Loudwing say when Roz asks her about Brightbill swallowing pebbles?
(a) She tells Roz that geese often swallow a few pebbles in order to aid their digestion.
(b) She tells Roz to instruct Brightbill never to swallow pebbles again.
(c) She tells Roz to make sure Brightbill is not swallowing anything besides food because it could hurt him.
(d) She tells Roz that they must take Brightbill to the island's doctor immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Roz give for telling the animals to be careful around fire?

2. What does Brightbill tell Chitchat that makes her speechless?

3. What causes a panic in the pond while the goslings are swimming?

4. When autumn arrives and the animals begin to prepare for winter, the scaly animals look for new home and the feather animals grow more feathers. What do the furry animals do?

5. Why are even the animals who hibernate in danger during this winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brightbill's curiosity influence his behavior?

2. How does a community effort result in a drastic reduction of any further freezing deaths that winter?

3. Why does Brightbill become a target of teasing for the other goslings?

4. What is the significance of the revelation that among the migratory birds who will have to leave the island are the geese?

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

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

7. When Brightbill asks about his birth mother, what does he say after Roz reveals the truth?

8. 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?

9. What does Roz do when she discovers that the harsh winter conditions have killed many of the island's creatures while she has been hibernating?

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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