Roz
What is Roz's full robot name?
ROZZUM unit 7134
Although Loudwing tells Roz that "It's only natural for adolescent goslings to be a little . . . moody. He just needs to be alone for a while." Roz goes after Brightbill. Where does she find him?
Roz finds Brightbill at the robot gravesite. "and there was brightbill. Perched on the edge looking at the robot parts scattered on the shore below. His eyes were wet." (page 131)
What do the animals first think Roz is/what do they call her?
A monster
At the beginning of the novel, who does Roz learn how to climb the steep rocks of the cliff from?
The crabs
What did Roz build as the center of her Party Truce celebration?
A large stacked bonfire
Why couldn't Brightbill shut down the RECO robots?
They didn't have buttons on their necks like his mom. (p.70)
What does Roz name her home?
The Nest
Who was Brightbill's first friend?
Chitchat
What kind of animals activated Roz for the first time?
Sea Otters
What is Roz make the animals agree to in order to use the lodges?
A truce
Who is Tawny and what does she do for Roz?
She is a doe (female deer) and she helps grow a garden for Roz and Brightbill. p.32
Who smashed RECO 2?
The bears (p.72)
What was Roz able to learn just with silent and constant observation at the beginning of her stay on the island?
All the different animal languages
After Roz lost her foot, how did she and Brightbill get back to the Nest?
Mother bear carried Roz and Brightbill home on her back. (pages 147-148)
What did the Raccoons say their purpose was?
To scavenge (p.58)
Why was Roz's cargo ship sinking?
Because of a hurricane
The RECO robots classify Roz as what?
Defective
What warning did RECO 1 give to Roz before he died?
More RECOs would come... the makers would not rest until all the missing robots were retrieved. (p.75)
What woke Roz from hibernation?
The roof caved in the the sunlight woke her up
Who saves Brightbill from Rockmouth, "the giant toothy pike"?
"Loudwind came to the rescue." (page 104)
Why was Rockmouth angry at the beavers?
They trapped him when they built the dam. (p.60)
Who builds a home for Roz and Brightbill?
Why did Roz leave the island?
She needed the makers to fix her and stop RECO from coming.
What was the name of the pigeon the geese met in the city?
Graybeak (p.63)
Roz is attacked again by bear cubs, Nettle and Thorn. What is the outcome?
Mother Bear comes to stop the cubs from attaching Roz, but Thorn tears Roz's foot off. The foot and Thorn go over the cliff. (page 142)
Brightbill becomes the smartest flier of all the goslings. How does Roz help him to become the smartest flier?
Roz and Brightbill "started studying the flying techniques of other birds . . . Birgihtbill would practice what he learned. Soon, he was diving and swooping and darting and soaring around the island." (page 155)
What did Pinktail do to get the badger to not eat him?
Mimic the appearance and smell of dead animals.
After the storm, Roz realized that the animals were expert at something she was not. What was it?
"The animals were experts at survival." Roz was not.
Brightbill looks inside the home of "a family of humans" What does he see?
"they had a Roz robot! . . . Every human seemed to have a robot.. (page 209)
What did the vultures drop onto the shore?
RECO 3's rifle (p.75)
What did Roz thank the animals for at the Evening Truce?
For teaching her how to live and be
wild. (p.66)
What were Brightbill's words that he repeated when he had to be the new flock leader AND who was he quoting?
We are geese, and geese keep going! He quoted Longneck (p.63)
Which goose died during the first snowstorm on the migration south?
Widefoot (p.63)
What motivated Roz to climb to the top of the mountain at the beginning of the book?
The pesky pinecones that were dropping on her.
What did Brightbill see when he looked through the window of the factory?
Machines building new robots (p.63)
Where did the Dawn Truce happen the morning after the RECOs were defeated?
In a small meadow in front of the airship (p.77)