Feathered Friend

Why is Claribel a "sensible" choice of a pet for Sven? Choose the answer that is NOT correct.

• she weighs very little

• lack of gravity does not affect her

• she sings a pretty song

When does the narrator first realize that Claribel is aboard the space station?

• when he sees it on Sven's shoulder

• when he hears the bird singing

• when they first arrive

What happens after the crew revives Claribel?

• they do not revive her

• she dies

• she chirps then passes out again

Why do the crew members pass around an oxygen bottle?

• so they don't pass out

• it makes them laugh

• to look at the label on it

What is most likely the reason that the narrator has a headache the morning that Claribel passed out?

• he is overly tired

• lack of oxygen

• he bumped his head

What is the meaning of the word "distressed"?

• to be happy

• to be shy

• to be axious

What is the meaning of the word "pathetically"?

• something or someone that makes you feel pity

• overly confident

• over-powering and bossy

What is the meaning of the word "lamented"?

• to feel indifferent

• to express feelings of regret

• to be careless

What is most likely the reason that "early spacers" were "wiry little fellow[s]"?

• you had to be small to fit through the station's entrance

• large people have trouble adjusting to low gravity

• neither of these

When the narrator says, "Half a million dollars' worth of chemical and engineering had let us down completely," what does he most likely mean?

• their technology was cheap, so they expected it to fail

• their technology was expensive, but it still failed

• expensive technology is 100% guaranteed to always work