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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 Loudwing tell Roz she will have to do if she wants the gosling to survive?
2. What is the first selfless act Roz performs that begins to end her period of alienation?
3. What is the problem when Roz's tries to live in a cave?
4. What object does Roz bring to Mr. Beaver as a gift to accompany her request for help?
5. Once she spots the perfect place on top of the mountain, how long does it take Roz to hike there?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the narrator shares that upon Roz's arrival on the island, she feels at home and feels that she belongs, what does he list among the facts of which Roz is unaware?
2. What does Roz do when she realizes that the gosling is hungry but that she does not know what to feed it?
3. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?
4. What does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?
5. 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?
6. What is the Dawn Truce?
7. Though the beavers are the experts when it comes to building, there is one main thing they cannot do. What is it and how does the author demonstrate that all of us have our own unique areas of expertise?
8. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?
9. What event occurs that is an impetus to ending Roz's loneliness and alienation?
10. Besides informing her experience of motherhood, what other area of life does Pinktail's advice help Roz with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose another book or movie that depicts the conflict between nature and technology, contrasting its message with the message put forth by The Wild Robot. Use concrete details from both sources in order to prove your claim.
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of sacrifice addressed within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme? Prove your claim with concrete details from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the final party Roz throws the night before the RECOs arrive on the island. What theme is most prominent within the author's relation of this event and what is his message regarding this theme? Choose concrete details from the novel to support your claim.
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