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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. As Roz looks at the geese she has killed, what sound does she hear?
2. Once Roz and Mr. Beaver finish building a lodge for Roz and Brightbill, what does Roz name it?
3. What does Mr. and Mrs. Beaver's son Paddler say about Roz taking on the role of Brightbill's mother?
4. During the first dawn meeting described by the narrator, who leads the meeting?
5. What is the one thing Roz DOES know at the time she realizes she is on an island?
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 pseudo-emotion does Roz feel when she sees that the island creatures have made it through the storm just fine?
3. What is the Dawn Truce?
4. What event occurs that is an impetus to ending Roz's loneliness and alienation?
5. What learned tactic does Roz apply to the situation with the bears?
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 does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?
8. 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?
9. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?
10. What lesson does Roz learn from the stick insect and how does she acknowledge his ability to help her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What juxtaposition does the author create between the pastoral and the metropolitan and what message is ultimately sent regarding the conflict between these two elements? Use concrete details from the novel to prove your claim.
Essay Topic 2
What strategies does the author use in order to communicate Roz's emotions to the reader even when the narrator is simultaneously insisting that Roz cannot feel emotion due to her status as a robot? How is the use of these strategies crucial to the success of the author's message reaching the reader? Choose concrete details from the novel to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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