Klara and the sun: Review

What does Josie's mother ask Klara to do before she purchases Klara?

• Fix Josie's hair.

• Go to sleep.

• Talk like Josie.

• Walk like Josie.

How does this imitation request build up in the story?
How does the mother's request play out and relate to the story's main theme of love?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When Josie has visitors over, what does Klara do in Part 6?

• She goes into the Utility Room.

• She stands quietly in a corner of Josie's room.

• She sits at the Island.

• She visits the Sun in his resting place.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Capaldi asks Klara to support his project for making AF's more approachable, what does Chrissie say?

• She wants Klara to have her slow fade.

• She wants Klara to be able to make her own decisions.

• She wants Klara to be sold at the right price.

• She wants Capaldi to stop his project.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

From question no. 3 and 4,
How does Klara's narrative and the actions of people around Klara
convey to us about Klara's character?
Which theme of the story does it point to?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which quality highlights Klara's "human likeness"?

• Invention of a religion

• Pixelated sight

• All of the above

• Lack of personal desire

Which is NOT a reason we can consider this novel as dystopian science fiction?

• It's set in a world where children can be genetically enhanced.

• The story is about a crumbing society that is beginning to be taken over by AI.

• The danger of humans being substituted by AI is lurking in the background.

• There are many types of social division and discrimination.

What does Josie's father mean when he asks Klara if she believes in the "human heart," not just the organ but in the "poetic sense"?

• He believes Artificial intelligence cannot copy, become human because each human is special and individual.

• He wants Klara to exercise love, not observational skills.

• He wants Klara to know a replica of Josie, let learning be her guide.

• He wants Klara to know she can continue Josie with mannerisms, nothing deep.

How does the novel convey Klara's disorientation and the cognitive side effects of loosing her PEG9?

• She is taking up human characteristics.

• She regrets to having agreed to continue Josie.

• She describe her lack of perception and understanding.

• She determines to see Josie and her friend.

From the beginning to the end of the novel, how does Josie's parents react to Klara change?
What are the qualities developed in these two characters from their interaction with Klara?
How does the changes in these two character reflect the story's main conflict?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3