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WorksheetsThe machine stops (Edison,Kate,Omar)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
How do people live on this "New World"?
In a giant machine that always stays on the sky and never touches the ground
Under the ground where they can breath easily because of their ability given to them
lives underground and relies on a giant machine
lives with other humans on the surface of the earth but on isolated on a machine
What is the relationship between Vashti and Kuno?
they are married together
mother and son
2 close friends who lives together
What is Vashti's connection with others?
she likes to be surrounded with people
she prefers to talk face to face
she isolated herself and doesn't waste time talking to people
Which was the main conflict between Vashti and kuno?
because he had visited the surface of the earth
debating if surface area is toxic or not
because Kuno didn't like books
because he didn't want to meet Vashti
How is homelessness described on Vashti's and Kuno's society?
heaven
punishment to death
award for respecting the rules
people who doesn't have a place to live
who created the machines?
aliens
they were created by themselves
humans
it was there before civilization started
Where do people on this society believe?
god
machines
aliens
What did Kuno discovered outside in the surface of earth?
there were human living without the machine
there was only animals living there
there was no life as described on their society
it was true that he could not breath without protection
Why Vashti didn't believe Kuno when he said that the machine was stopping?
Kuno was a lair and she never believed him
it was something absurd that never happened before
Kuno had said it before and never happened
What were the first signs that made Vashti understand that the machine was really stopping?
troubles with the music
the machine exploded
the failure of the sleeping apparatus
the battery needed to get charged
What can be the theme of the story?
technology is the best for civilization
humans are always wrong for technology
travelling makes people smart
if technology takes over the humans is dangerous and uncontrollable
