WorksheetsThey're Made of Meat Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
What does the Meat represent in this story?
Humans
Cats
Fish
Trees
Which line from the story best shows that Alien 1 understand that "meat" is able to think?
“Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads, like the weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They’re meat all the way through.”
“Oh, there’s a brain all right. It’s just that the brain is made out of meat! That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.”
None of the above options show that this alien understands meat can think
“You’re not understanding, are you? You’re refusing to deal with what I’m telling you. The brain does the thinking. The meat.”
Which of the following statements shows that the alien cannot understand that the meat is able to think?
“No brain?”
“So... what does the thinking?”
“Omigod. You’re serious then. They’re made out of meat.”
“Thinking meat! You’re asking me to believe in thinking meat!”
What type of message is the author trying to send with this text?
He is trying to deter the American people from wanting to travel in space
He is trying to show his audience how silly it is to be afraid of the unknown, which is often the cause for prejudice/racism
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
Which sentence from the text would best serve as evidence in proving the author is trying to send a message about racism?
“It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?”
“Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat?"
“Thinking meat! You’re asking me to believe in thinking meat!”
All of the above
What is the aliens' solution for dealing with the ''meat'' in ''They're Made Out of Meat?''
To invite meat over
To find out more about meat
To interact with meat
To ignore meat
The word, "Sentient," means to be living and self aware. What is NOT sentient?
Human
Cat
Rock
Dolphin
Does anyone in the short story discover there are aliens on planet Earth?
Yes
No
The word, "Dehumanize," means: "To remove or lessen the positive qualities of human life." How do the aliens dehumanize people on Earth?
They call people meat
They say that meat has a short, meaningless life
They say that meat is less intelligent than machines
All of the answers
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.
Which sentence best explains why the characters in the story are in disbelief?
They are experienced space explorers who usually encounter intelligent life in the form of computers, gas clouds, and the like.
They incorrectly assumed that planet Earth was a lifeless wasteland.
They have been in space so long that they are going mad.
In their experience, beings of flesh and bone are typically more intelligent than the meat creatures they encounter.
Read the following excerpt:
“Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can’t live on them. And being meat, they can only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact.”
Based on the conversation in the excerpt, the reader can conclude that —
“C space” is only available to beings who can travel at the speed of light.
The speakers view human space travel as primitive
Human space exploration is limited, because metal can only travel through C space
The speakers admire human spacecraft
Which line from the story represents the climax?
"Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?”
"And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone...”
"Thank you. Finally. Yes. They are indeed made out of meat. And they’ve been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years.”
"There’s no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They’re completely meat.”
Which detail from the story best represents the central idea of the story?
“‘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)
Which detail from the story best supports the cold tone of the aliens?
“‘So we just pretend there’s no one home in the Universe.’” (Paragraph 40)
“‘We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we’re just a dream to them.’” (Paragraph 43)
“‘A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat’s dream.’” (Paragraph 44)
“‘Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?’”(Paragraph 46)
