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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. 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) There is more food for everyone else.
(c) Their bodies nourish the soil and help create an amazing spring bloom.
(d) Roz is able to make coats out of them to keep surviving animals warm.

2. What does the deer family get in return for Tawny's help in constructing the garden?
(a) Roz helps to clean off the buck's velvet during the appropriate season.
(b) Roz babysits Tawny's fawns whenever she wants.
(c) Roz sends Brightbill over to play with Tawny's fawns to keep them busy.
(d) Her family gets to feed there each evening.

3. Why is it impossible for Roz to participate in the following day's occasion with Brightbill?
(a) Because robots cannot fly.
(b) Because the rite of passage requires that parents stay behind.
(c) Because if water gets into her body, it will cause damage.
(d) Because she has to stay at home and recharge.

4. What does Roz do when she sees Brightbill swallowing pebbles on the beach?
(a) She tells him it is fine to eat pebbles because eating just a few will help him digest his food.
(b) She gives him cod liver oil in hopes that they will help him digest the pebbles.
(c) She holds him upside down and hopes the pebbles will fall out of his mouth.
(d) She shakes him to see if she can hear the pebbles rattling around.

5. What is NOT one safety feature added to the rebuilt lodge?
(a) A taller ceiling.
(b) A moat around the lodge.
(c) A deeper fire pit.
(d) A supply of water for emergencies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an event Brightbill tells within the long story of the migration when he returns?

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

3. What sound always makes Brightbill fall fast asleep?

4. Who breaks off Roz's robot foot?

5. What method does Brightbill use to become a truly excellent flier?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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