"They're Made out of Meat" Selection

Who, or what, is the ''meat'' in Terry Bisson's, ''They're Made Out of Meat?''

• Trees

• Aliens

• Animals

• Humans

Answer explanation

What is the aliens' solution for dealing with the ''meat'' in ''They're Made Out of Meat?''

• To find out more about meat

• To interact with meat

• To ignore meat

• To invite meat over

The aliens in ''They're Made Out of Meat'' form opinions and ideas about ''meat'' without any real knowledge or information. This can be defined as _____.

• Personalization

• Prejudice

• Paranoia

• Preoccupation

PART A. Which statement best expresses the central idea in the story?

• Fear of the unknown causes people to make assumptions and reject what they do not understand.

• People have the tendency to avoid uncomfortable situations because they are insecure.

• Despite good intentions, it is not possible to treat everyone equally.

• Prejudice is a result of weak people trying to overpower people with influence and authority.

PART B: Which detail from the story best supports the answer to PART A?

• “‘They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat.’” (Paragraph 31)

• “‘Officially, we are required to contact, welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe’” (Paragraph 35)

• “‘It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?’” (Paragraph 37)

• “‘We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we’re just a dream to them.’” (Paragraph 43)

What did the aliens mean when they said: "They're meat all the way through."

• The aliens think that the whole earth is made of meat.

• The aliens believe that humans do not have brains.

• The aliens believe that the streets are made out of meat.

• The aliens believe that humans have a brain but that it is grotesquely made out of meat.

What does marking the sector as “unoccupied” reveal about the two speakers?

• They think the beings made out of meat are too dangerous.

• They hold themselves as higher being who do not want to interact with beings that are made out of meat.

• They frequently erase official records of new sentient beings.

• They reject the idea that the beings made out of meat are sentient.

What point of view is this story told from?

• 1st person pov

• 2nd person pov

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

What type of message is the author trying to send with this text?

• He is trying to deter the human beings from wanting to travel in space and encounter aliens.

• He is trying to show his audience how silly it is to be afraid of the unknown, which is often the cause for prejudice and discrimination.

• He is trying to show the reader why we should be exploring space more than we are today.

• He is trying to show the reader why eating meat is wrong, and we should become vegetarian.

What do the speakers decide to do at the end of the story?

• The speakers reveal themselves to the human either way.

• They disappear from the meat beings' dreams.

• They eagerly move on to contact another planet and its lifeforms.

• They decide to contact planet Earth and eat the meat.