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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 begins to clean off the sticky substance, what happens to thwart her efforts?
2. What object does Roz bring to Mr. Beaver as a gift to accompany her request for help?
3. What constitutes Roz's version of sleep?
4. What happens to make Roz feel unsafe on the mountaintop she has chosen?
5. What does Mr. and Mrs. Beaver's son Paddler say about Roz taking on the role of Brightbill's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?
2. Why are Roz's decisions about how to use her headlights in the wilderness significant to the story?
3. Why does Roz's crate arrive unharmed upon the island when the other four floating crates do not?
4. What pseudo-emotion does Roz feel when she sees that the island creatures have made it through the storm just fine?
5. What does Roz reveal about herself once she begins to speak after being activated?
6. What learned tactic does Roz apply to the situation with the bears?
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. How do the sounds that Roz makes contrast with the sounds already occurring within the forest prior to her arrival?
9. How does Roz apply the lesson she learns from the stick insect?
10. What is the Dawn Truce?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's message regarding the feminine identity and motherhood? Prove your claim with concrete details from the novel.
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
Discuss how the theme of technology versus nature shapes the author's message within the novel. Use concrete details from the novel to prove your claim.
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