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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 Brightbill say when Roz asks him why he has not yet visited the robot graveyard?
2. When Brightbill asks Roz if she will ever die, what is her reply?
3. Who saves Brightbill from the Rockfish's sharp teeth when Roz is unable to help him?
4. What reason does Roz give for telling the animals to be careful around fire?
5. When Roz tells Brightbill about her winter, what is the one development during the winter that she says had surprised her the most?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the old routine to which Brightbill and Roz return the night before he leaves for the migration?
2. When Brightbill asks if he can skip migration and instead remain on the island with Roz during the winter, Roz says she does not think that is a good idea and that he should migrate with the flock. What are the reasons behind this pronouncement?
3. What one regret does Brightbill express surrounding his ability to fly?
4. What does Roz say about the universe when Chitchat asks about it during one of their stargazing sessions?
5. 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?
6. When Roz and Brightbill seek out Loudwing to tell them about migration, what does she report?
7. What benefits does the garden provide to the island community?
8. What does Brightbill say his feelings are about leaving for the migration just before his departure?
9. How does Brightbill's curiosity influence his behavior?
10. 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?
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
What is the author's message regarding the feminine identity and motherhood? Prove your claim with concrete details from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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