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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 Roz do when she sees Brightbill swallowing pebbles on the beach?
2. What does the deer family get in return for Tawny's help in constructing the garden?
3. What causes Roz to propose a perpetual truce within the Nest?
4. How old is Chitchat when Brightbill first meets her?
5. When autumn arrives and the animals begin to prepare for winter, the scaly animals look for new home and the feather animals grow more feathers. What do the furry animals do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Crag the turtle reveal about the environmental observations he has made over the years?
2. What benefits does the garden provide to the island community?
3. How does a community effort result in a drastic reduction of any further freezing deaths that winter?
4. What does Brightbill say his feelings are about leaving for the migration just before his departure?
5. What is the significance of the revelation that among the migratory birds who will have to leave the island are the geese?
6. What is the effect of Roz's line at the end of Chapter 52 when she asks, "How bad could winter be?"
7. When Roz and Brightbill seek out Loudwing to tell them about migration, what does she report?
8. What feelings does Brightbill express when he calls his family a strange one?
9. What does Roz say about the universe when Chitchat asks about it during one of their stargazing sessions?
10. When Brightbill asks about his birth mother, what does he say after Roz reveals the truth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
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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