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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 Roz do to survive the threat she encounters on the mountaintop?

2. Where do most of the island's residents gather during the hour of peace at dawn?

3. When the bird makes noises at Roz, what does she say to the bird?

4. What materials does Roz NOT use to camouflage herself?

5. After camouflaging herself for the first time, where does Roz settle in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Roz's decisions about how to use her headlights in the wilderness significant to the story?

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

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

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

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

6. What lesson does Roz learn from the stick insect and how does she acknowledge his ability to help her?

7. 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?

8. When the bears growl menacingly at her, what is Roz's reply to them and why does this exchange fail to help the situation be resolved?

9. How do the sounds that Roz makes contrast with the sounds already occurring within the forest prior to her arrival?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the narrator's use of the second person point of view helps to shape the impact of the novel. Include concrete details to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

What is the novel's message regarding acceptance and belonging? Discuss how these themes are shaped by the events within the novel and provide concrete details to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of knowledge. Choose a concept from the basic tenets of epistemology and create a claim applying this concept to the novel. Prove your claim with both concrete details from the novel and concrete details from your research regarding epistemology.

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