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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. Which of the goslings becomes the leader of the other goslings during their flying expeditions?
(a) Chitchat.
(b) Brightbill.
(c) Loudwing.
(d) Longneck.

2. When Roz finds out that Rockmouth has been angry due to the beaver dam blocking him from his river home, what does she do?
(a) Transports him back to his river home.
(b) Smashes the beaver dam.
(c) Builds him his own special pond.
(d) Tells him to adapt to his new surroundings and to stop trying to hurt other animals.

3. When Brightbill asks Roz if she will ever die, what is her reply?
(a) "I would never leave you."
(b) "Never."
(c) "I think so."
(d) "Only after you do."

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

5. For the first several weeks after Brightbill's departure, Roz spends her time in one particular way. What does she do?
(a) She goes into hibernation mode.
(b) She works to invent a flying machine.
(c) She gathers firewood.
(d) She climbs trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Brightbill's favorite place to fly?

2. What is Roz's reply when Brightbill asks if he can stay on the island with Roz rather than migrating with the other geese?

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

4. How does Roz find out why Rockmouth is so angry?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crag the turtle reveal about the environmental observations he has made over the years?

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

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

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

5. What unusual sight do Roz and Brightbill see one day during one of Brightbill's practice flight sessions on the ridge?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. When Roz and Brightbill decide they can no longer stand wondering about what will happen when they press Roz's deactivation button and they press it, what happens?

(see the answer keys)

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