If I Forget Thee, O Earth

If I Forget Thee, O Earth

By Ianne Antiporda

Open Ended

What information about Marvin's environment appears in the description of the Farmlands? Cite textual evidence.

Open Ended

In paragraph 2, what do the words "burning beneath the fierce sun" suggest about what Marvin is observing?

Open Ended

In paragraphs 3 to 5, how does Marvin's experience of seeing the stars affect his understanding of them?

Open Ended

In paragraph 6, what astronomical bodies does Marvin see for the first time?

Open Ended

How does Marvin's experience affect him the way books/TV do not?

Are experience and understanding related?

Multiple Select

Which of the following words describe the setting?

• dizzying slope

• reckless and exhilarating

• jumbled wasteland

• burned like islands of fire

Multiple Choice

Based on the details given in the text so far, where can you infer is the Colony?

• on Earth

• on the moon

• in a galaxy far, far away

• on an island

Open Ended

In paragraphs 13 & 14, give details that provide an insight into what Marvin and others in his Colony have lost.

Open Ended

In paragraph 15, what does Marvin notice in the portion of the disk?

Open Ended

In paragraph 17, what message about the future is conveyed through the details in the paragraph?