Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the first request Roz makes of the animals?
2. When Roz observes Pinktail the opossum play dead and evade a badger, what do Roz and Pinktail talk about once the badger leaves?
3. When asked where she has come from, what does Roz say?
4. When the gosling hatches and asks for food, what does Roz do?
5. What is the one thing Roz DOES know at the time she realizes she is on an island?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Dawn Truce?
2. What does Roz reveal about herself once she begins to speak after being activated?
3. 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?
4. What does getting hit by a wave teach both Roz and the reader?
5. 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?
6. What does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?
7. Besides informing her experience of motherhood, what other area of life does Pinktail's advice help Roz with?
8. How do the sounds that Roz makes contrast with the sounds already occurring within the forest prior to her arrival?
9. What lesson does Roz learn from the stick insect and how does she acknowledge his ability to help her?
10. What does Roz do when she realizes that the gosling is hungry but that she does not know what to feed it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author of The Wild Robot cites his lifelong interest in the natural and environmental sciences as one source inspiration for his novel. Explain how these interests emerge throughout the novel and shape its message. Include concrete details to back up 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.
|
This section contains 1,078 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
