Zoo by Edward D. Hoch

What clue from the following suggests that this story is science fiction?

• The children were always good during the month of August.

• Before daybreak the crowds would form.

• Professor Hugo’s Interplanetary Zoo settled down on Earth.

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What are children and adults waiting to see?

• What race of strange creatures the professor had brought this year.

• The new concert

• The new show

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How is the zoo in the future different than the zoo today?

• People have to pay money to enter the zoo.

• People are amazed and fascinated when they see odd creatures.

• People come to watch movies.

Why did the children behave good during the month of August?

• to go on a fieldtrip

• to be allowed to go to the interplanetary zoo

• to form long lines at daybreak.

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Which of the following were part of the strange creatures that the professor had brought to Earth?

• three-legged creatures from Venus

• seven head dinosaurs from Mercury

• spider like creatures from Jupiter

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According to paragraph 3, why did the people gather around the Professor?

• They wanted to pay for trip to Mars.

• They wanted to get out of the barred cages.

• They were excited to see the strange creatures that he brought.

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Based on paragraph 2, what is the point of view?

• First person point of view because they use the pronouns I and me.

• Third person point of view because they use the pronouns he, she, his, or her.

• Second person point of view because the author uses the pronoun you.

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Why does the author use exclamation marks in paragraph 4?

• The professor is talking with emotion to emphasize the six hour limit.

• The professor is yelling at the people because they have a difficult time hearing.

• The professor is excited to be on Earth.

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In the first sentence of the story, the narrator tells us that the children were always good during the month of August to-

• explain that they have a calendar like ours

• let the reader know that children are the main characters

• build suspense as the reader wonders why the children are good

• describe the importance of good and evil in the story.

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The author wrote this selection to -

• tell about aliens who visit Earth and build new homes

• describe a zoo that has alien creatures from Pluto

• inform the reader about animals in the zoo

• entertain the reader with a story about a futuristic zoo

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