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

2. What does the narrator say is the one thing Roz's pursuers want to do to her above all things?

3. What is the first selfless act Roz performs that begins to end her period of alienation?

4. How many geese does Roz accidentally kill when she slides down the cliff in the rainstorm?

5. After descending the mountain, what is the first thing Roz does?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Dawn Truce?

2. What does getting hit by a wave teach both Roz and the reader?

3. What event occurs that is an impetus to ending Roz's loneliness and alienation?

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

5. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?

6. What does Roz realize once the sun fully charges her battery and what does this realization cause her to do?

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

8. When Roz notices a particularly well-attended meeting in the Great Meadow one morning, what happens during the meeting?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of sacrifice addressed within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme? Prove your claim with concrete details from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's message regarding the power of observation within the cycle of learning? Prove your claim using concrete details from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What is the author's message regarding the feminine identity and motherhood? Prove your claim with concrete details from the novel.

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