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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 the first pseudo-emotion that Roz feels upon her activation?
(a) Anger.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Curiosity.

2. What does Roz do to survive the threat she encounters on the mountaintop?
(a) She constructs an umbrella to shield herself from the sun.
(b) She holds fast to a pine tree.
(c) She explains to the eagles that she means them no harm.
(d) She crouches just inside the lip of the volcano.

3. What is the news shared by the leader of the first dawn meeting readers are privy to?
(a) That there is a monster on the island.
(b) That food needs to be shared more equally.
(c) That there has been too much infighting recently.
(d) That there is a shortage of clean water on the island.

4. Before Roz leaves the camouflaged creature, she speaks to it. What does she say?
(a) "Let's meet again soon."
(b) "See you later."
(c) "Thank you."
(d) "Be at peace."

5. When a voice emerges from the goose egg, saying, "Mama! Mama!" how does Roz at first reply?
(a) "What is a mama?"
(b) "What kinds of things do mothers do?"
(c) "I killed your mother."
(d) "I am not your mother."

Short Answer Questions

1. After the very first time Roz experiences a fall, what does she do immediately afterward?

2. From what creature does Roz learn the value of camouflage?

3. How do the otters accidentally activate Roz?

4. What does Roz say to her pursuers when they threaten her?

5. Once Roz and Mr. Beaver finish building a lodge for Roz and Brightbill, what does Roz name it?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Roz constructs a makeshift nest and climbs a tree, she watches a scene unfold below her and learns something from an opossum that directly informs her ideas about raising the goose inside the egg she has found. What does she learn and how does she apply that learning?

2. What event occurs that is an impetus to ending Roz's loneliness and alienation?

3. What is ironic about Loudwing's advice to Roz regarding how "easy" motherhood is?

4. What learned tactic does Roz apply to the situation with the bears?

5. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?

6. What does Roz do when she realizes that the gosling is hungry but that she does not know what to feed it?

7. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?

8. What is Roz's first major act in service of another creature?

9. What does getting hit by a wave teach both Roz and the reader?

10. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?

(see the answer keys)

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