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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Roz begins to understand how the deer speak, what does she say about their speech?
(a) That they speak a different language than the elk.
(b) That they mostly use their bodies to speak.
(c) That they use such quiet voices that she does not understand how they hear one another.
(d) That the adults use one pattern of speech and the fawns use another.

2. What are the first words Roz speaks to the animals in her own language?
(a) "I am a ROZZUM unit."
(b) "Why are you afraid?"
(c) "Hello, my name is Roz."
(d) "Pleased to meet you."

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

4. What two metamorphic processes does Roz watch happen during her camouflaged hiding?
(a) Caterpillars becoming moths and tadpoles becoming frogs.
(b) Tadpoles becoming toads and moths becoming butterflies.
(c) Ducks becoming platypuses and tadpoles becoming frogs.
(d) Tadpoles becoming frogs and caterpillars becoming butterflies.

5. What sound do Roz's pursuers hear that makes them leave her?
(a) Their mother calling them.
(b) A rattlesnake's rattle.
(c) Roz's warning siren.
(d) A boom of thunder.

6. When Roz observes Pinktail the opossum play dead and evade a badger, what do Roz and Pinktail talk about once the badger leaves?
(a) Badgers.
(b) The winter.
(c) Raising children.
(d) Acting.

7. What is said to Roz upon the completion of her first selfless act?
(a) "That's a good way to make friends."
(b) "Thanks for nothing."
(c) "I never thought a robot could be kind."
(d) "I owe you one."

8. What constitutes Roz's version of sleep?
(a) She lies on the ground and looks up at the stars.
(b) She switches off her nonessential programs.
(c) She stands motionless, thinking about her goals for the next day.
(d) She sings lullabies to herself.

9. As Roz descends from the mountaintop, what causes a clanging sound?
(a) Acorns being thrown by squirrels bouncing off her body.
(b) Her robot feet slipping on the wet rocks.
(c) A foghorn from a ship in the distance.
(d) Raindrops hitting her body.

10. Why does Loudwing send Roz to speak to Mr. Beaver?
(a) So he can build her a shelter for Brightbill.
(b) So he can use his tail to grind corn that Brightbill can eat.
(c) So he can carve a bed out of wood for Brightbill to sleep in.
(d) So he can tell her how to raise an orphan.

11. What method does the bird finally use to drive Roz away from its nest?
(a) It sings a song because it knows Roz hates music.
(b) It pecks at Roz.
(c) It splatters its droppings onto Roz.
(d) It gets other birds to join her in swooping around Roz's head.

12. While Roz finishes activating, she explains what she will do when she is not needed. What does she say she will do?
(a) Climb back into her crate.
(b) Build a second robot to keep her company.
(c) Stay out of the way.
(d) Turn herself off.

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

14. When Roz finds a patch of ground she likes, what does she see as being its third good quality in addition to being flat and open?
(a) It overlooks the water.
(b) It is carpeted with pine needles.
(c) It has a cave next to it.
(d) It has a large boulder on which she can sit.

15. As Roz looks at the geese she has killed, what sound does she hear?
(a) The sound of crying.
(b) The crack of lightning.
(c) A peeping sound.
(d) The sound of a babbling brook.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting for the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Mr. and Mrs. Beaver's son Paddler say about Roz taking on the role of Brightbill's mother?

4. What is the first selfless act Roz performs that begins to end her period of alienation?

5. When asked where she has come from, what does Roz say?

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