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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 is one object that Roz does NOT use camouflage to resemble?
2. From what creature does Roz learn the value of camouflage?
3. How does Roz get out of her crate?
4. What happens to get Roz's body sticky?
5. Why does Roz's first choice of escape strategy from the cave fail?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the Dawn Truce?
3. What types of creatures does Roz first study to begin her gradual acquisition of the many languages spoken on the island?
4. What does getting hit by a wave teach both Roz and the reader?
5. What learned tactic does Roz apply to the situation with the bears?
6. What is Roz's first major act in service of another creature?
7. What lesson does Roz learn from the stick insect and how does she acknowledge his ability to help her?
8. What event occurs that is an impetus to ending Roz's loneliness and alienation?
9. How does Roz become activated once her crate arrives on shore?
10. How do the sounds that Roz makes contrast with the sounds already occurring within the forest prior to her arrival?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's message regarding altruism and how does he use the events of the novel to shape that message? Provide concrete details to substantiate your claim.
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
What juxtaposition does the author create between the pastoral and the metropolitan and what message is ultimately sent regarding the conflict between these two elements? Use concrete details from the novel to prove your claim.
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