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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Brightbill's yellow fluff turn into when he moves out of childhood?
2. After others sharing what they think Roz's purpose is, she says that perhaps she does know what her purpose is. What does she say she thinks her purpose may be?
3. Brightbill is different in one way from the other goslings his age. What is that difference?
4. What happens when Roz and Brightbill get so curious about Roz's button that they press it?
5. What reason does Roz give Brightbill for wanting to wait to show him the robot graveyard?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Roz say about the universe when Chitchat asks about it during one of their stargazing sessions?
2. When Brightbill asks about his birth mother, what does he say after Roz reveals the truth?
3. What does Crag the turtle reveal about the environmental observations he has made over the years?
4. Why does Brightbill become a target of teasing for the other goslings?
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 benefits does the garden provide to the island community?
7. What is the significance of the old routine to which Brightbill and Roz return the night before he leaves for the migration?
8. How does a community effort result in a drastic reduction of any further freezing deaths that winter?
9. What kinds of sensory details does the author use to describe autumn?
10. What methods does Brightbill use to become an excellent flier?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of instinct within the novel and how does the topic of instinct shape the messages sent by the author? Prove your claim using concrete details from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate Digdown the groundhog's speech within the lodge in Chapter 58. What main theme is expressed within his speech and how does this theme work within the context of the novel? Back up your claim with concrete details from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
What is the author's message regarding the power of observation within the cycle of learning? Prove your claim using concrete details from the novel.
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