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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. After Roz fixes the hole in the roof of the Nest, she shouts something out into the night. What does she shout?

2. What reason does Roz give Brightbill for wanting to wait to show him the robot graveyard?

3. What does Roz tell Chitchat when she asks the meaning of the word "celestial"?

4. When Roz finds out that Rockmouth has been angry due to the beaver dam blocking him from his river home, what does she do?

5. What specific speech pattern does Chitchat use whenever she speaks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crag the turtle reveal about the environmental observations he has made over the years?

2. How does Brightbill's curiosity influence his behavior?

3. How does a community effort result in a drastic reduction of any further freezing deaths that winter?

4. Why does Brightbill become a target of teasing for the other goslings?

5. What is the effect of Roz's line at the end of Chapter 52 when she asks, "How bad could winter be?"

6. What does Roz do when she discovers that the harsh winter conditions have killed many of the island's creatures while she has been hibernating?

7. How does Roz feel about the relationship between Brightbill and Chitchat?

8. When Roz and Brightbill decide they can no longer stand wondering about what will happen when they press Roz's deactivation button and they press it, what happens?

9. When Roz and Brightbill seek out Loudwing to tell them about migration, what does she report?

10. What benefits does the garden provide to the island community?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of knowledge. Choose a concept from the basic tenets of epistemology and create a claim applying this concept to the novel. Prove your claim with both concrete details from the novel and concrete details from your research regarding epistemology.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose another book or movie that depicts the conflict between nature and technology, contrasting its message with the message put forth by The Wild Robot. Use concrete details from both sources in order to prove your claim.

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