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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. When Roz is observing the processes of childbirth and rearing, what species does she NOT observe?

2. What happens to make Roz feel unsafe on the mountaintop she has chosen?

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

4. Before Roz leaves the camouflaged creature, she speaks to it. What does she say?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel when she sees that the island creatures have made it through the storm just fine?

2. 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?

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

4. What is the Dawn Truce?

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

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

7. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author go about creating a robotic character with whom readers can identify? Use concrete details from the novel to support your points and to provide reasoning for your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate Digdown the groundhog's speech within the lodge in Chapter 58. What main theme is expressed within his speech and how does this theme work within the context of the novel? Back up your claim with concrete details from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Is The Wild Robot a fantasy novel or a science fiction novel? Prove your claim using genre characteristics accompanied by concrete details from the novel.

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