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The Last Dog

Quiz by Jodi Leonard

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16 questions
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  • Q1
    Where is Brock at the beginning of, "The Last Dog?"
    inside a research lab
    beside a running brook
    He is at the gates of a sealed dome.
    near a quarantine station
    30s
  • Q2
    Why is Brock nervous about going outside the dome?
    He thinks he will run out of liquid and food pellets.
    He has heard that people who leave the dome never return.
    He realizes that his protective suit may be worn out and fail.
    He is afraid of the sun and getting lost.
    30s
  • Q3
    After reading the following excerpt from the "Lost Dog," what inference can you make about the people who live in the dome? "He pulled the scanner from his outside pouch and checked it, "hot." Oh, that was what he was feeling. Hot. He remembered hot from a virtual lesson he's once had on deserts."
    He has forgotten what he's learned in his virtual lessons.
    He has difficulty identifying words.
    He has limited knowledge about feeling, and sensations.
    He prefers feeling cold rather feeling hot.
    30s
  • Q4
    Part A-Which word best describes how Brock feels about the "ancient fictions" that he interacts with?
    bored
    suspicious
    anxious
    curious
    30s
  • Q5
    Part B-Which sentence from "The Last Dog" best supports the answer to Part A?
    "When he mentioned it to others, they had laughed."
    "Perhaps he was a deviant for wanting to see the mountains himself."
    "But even though the people in the ancient fictions frightened him a bit, he couldn't get enough of them."
    "the outside environment was threatening."
    30s
  • Q6
    What does disembodied mean?
    authentic
    real
    coming from something that cannot be seen.
    actual
    30s
  • Q7
    Why did Brock want to leave the Dome?
    He wanted to get a job.
    He needed gas.
    He injured his leg.
    He was curious about the outside.
    30s
  • Q8
    The setting is?
    Where and when a story takes place.
    the theme
    the plot
    the sequence of events
    30s
  • Q9
    The theme is?
    the sequence of events
    an important message about life that the author wants readers to understand.
    where and when
    the time and place.
    30s
  • Q10
    The plot is?
    the message of the story.
    time and place
    The sequence of events that makes up the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
    the characters
    30s
  • Q11
    A conflict is also called a?
    solution
    answer
    example
    problem
    30s
  • Q12
    How is life outside the dome different than what he has been taught?
    it is dangerous
    there is no signs of life
    The outside world has signs of life: trees, a running brook, grass and flowers.
    it is dried up
    30s
  • Q13
    If someone is objective, they use ___ not ____.
    consultations, references
    opinions, registers
    feelings and emotions, facts
    facts, feelings or opinions
    30s
  • Q14
    What happened to all the animals?
    the robopets had taken over.
    they were in a lab
    The savages had killed all the animals for food.
    the had become domesticated
    30s
  • Q15
    Why weren't nuclear families considered efficient?
    The key to survival was efficiency and nuclear families were considered a waste of time, energy and space.
    The key to survival was domestication and nuclear families were considered wild.
    The key to survival was extinction and nuclear families were considered a healthy and wild.
    The key to survival was objectivity and nuclear families were considered a proverb.
    30s

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