Question 1

Who is telling the story?

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a human

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a god

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an alien

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a robot

Question 2

What is the narrator trying to do?

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he is trying to get the reader to come to earth

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he wants to share the achievements the humans have made

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he is warning aliens not to come to Earth

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he is showing people how amazing the Earth is

Question 3

Why did Earth become a museum?

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The founders wanted to get people to come to earth.

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They founders thought they needed to save the whales.

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The robots needed a place to keep humans as pets.

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The aliens wanted to show what humans were like.

Question 4

Why did Earth become a gift shop?

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they realized the gift shop was a big hit because people just wanted to buy things

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they lost all the artifacts in the museum and so could only sell things to raise money

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the museum burnt down and was replaced with a gift shop by the firefighters

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they got an investment from some people on Mars who donated many things to sell

Question 5

Why didn't the theme park work?

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they didn't know how to build the rides correctly because they misjudged the g-forces

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they thought people would pay more for the rides but people only wanted free rides

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they misjudged the strength of the humans who rode on the rides

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they hoped they would become famous very quickly and suddenly but didn't

Question 6

What are elements of science fiction in this story?

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technology and the future

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alternate realities

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time travel

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aliens and other planets

Question 7

Why did the story have a list of top selling items?

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this story is actually a brochure

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this story is actually a sales report

Question 8

What does enterprising mean?

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Accepting challenges and taking initiative

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Rejecting knowledge and hiding in a corner

Question 9

What is mandatory?

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something that is required

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something that is helpful

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something that is needed

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something that is wanted

Question 10

What is a hypothesis?

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an explanation for something that can be tested

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a guess that is random and completely unfounded

Question 11

What is science fiction?

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when an author explores unexpected possibilities of the past future

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when an author writes a story about magic

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when an author uses evidence to predict what will happen

Question 12

What is theme?

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a message that the author shares with the reader

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a warning about the future that the author shares

Question 13

What word describes the author's tone in this story?

Accepted Answer

humorous

Question 14

What the objects in the museum reveal about future Earth? (L29-41) (three letters)

People are uneducated and cannot appreciate ____________.

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art

Question 15

What is most important to humans at this time in the future?

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consuming

Question 16

According to this story, in the end, the future Earth will be nothing more than a place for human beings to shop.

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true

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false

Question 17

In this story&#44; humans have caused fossil fuels to run out and nation-states to collapse.

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true

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false

Question 18

"Never-before-seen footage" is a hook that is used in advertisements today.

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true

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false

Question 19

The narrator tells how "Earth: The Planet" has undergone several name changes. What point might the author be making?

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Earth has become just a brand name.

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Earth is a beautiful place to live.

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The history of Earth is long.

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We should protect the Earth.

Question 20

What is one theme of the story?

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Our obsession with consuming is destroying our civilization.

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In the future people will love consuming and spending money.

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Learning is the most important thing for humans.

Question 21

How does the narrator's use of language reveal the author's attitude toward the topic?

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The author uses humor to show that he disapproves of modern consumer culture.

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The author uses sympathy to makes the reader feel sorry for the pathetic future humans.

Question 22

Ring tones, t-shirts, cups and key chains are things you can buy only in the future.

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false

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true

Question 23

In this story, some humans are able to leave to colonize other planets, so interplanetary travel is possible.

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true

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false

Question 24

Order the phases of Earth.

Question 25

What is a consumer?

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someone who buys things

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someone who sells things

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