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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 does the narrator say is the one thing Roz's pursuers want to do to her above all things?
2. What happens to get Roz's body sticky?
3. What strategy does Roz use that works to drive her pursuers away?
4. What is the problem when Roz's tries to live in a cave?
5. When asked where she has come from, what does Roz say?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Roz apply the lesson she learns from the stick insect?
2. What event occurs that is an impetus to ending Roz's loneliness and alienation?
3. What is ironic about Loudwing's advice to Roz regarding how "easy" motherhood is?
4. What important element of Roz's programming does the reader learn about when she is unable to defend herself during the bear attack?
5. Though the beavers are the experts when it comes to building, there is one main thing they cannot do. What is it and how does the author demonstrate that all of us have our own unique areas of expertise?
6. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?
7. What does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?
8. 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?
9. What is Roz's first major act in service of another creature?
10. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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