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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 strategy does Roz use that works to drive her pursuers away?

2. Which of Roz's robot tools does she use at first, but then turn off when she decides it is inappropriate in this environment?

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

4. What objects begin to fall from the trees, annoying Roz and causing her to look for a new place to stay?

5. As Roz descends from the mountaintop, what causes a clanging sound?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?

2. What does Roz reveal about herself once she begins to speak after being activated?

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

4. Why does Roz's crate arrive unharmed upon the island when the other four floating crates do not?

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

6. What does getting hit by a wave teach both Roz and the reader?

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

8. What is ironic about Loudwing's advice to Roz regarding how "easy" motherhood is?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Find instances of foreshadowing within the novel and create a claim stating what overall purpose the literary device of foreshadowing serves in relation to the author's intended effects on the reader. Use concrete details from each instance to prove your larger claim about foreshadowing.

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