The Star Zoo: A Futuristic Tale of Love, Loss, and Animal Rescue
Are These Sentences True (T) or False (F)?
a. T Everybody wears black clothes on Remembering Night.
b. T A man called Buffalo wanted to marry Hummingbird.
c. T A marriage on Just Like Home was just for one year.
d. T Hummingbird found a spaceship made of plastic.
e. F The computer in the spaceship was modern.
f. T The animals on Earth died because of pollution.
g. F Buff didn’t want to go to the Star Zoo.
h. F Buff killed Hoo-Woo.
i. T There were humans living in The Star Zoo.
j. F The children were afraid of animals.
Who Said This in the Story?
Hummingbird, Hummingbird’s father, the computer, Buffalo
a. ‘What’s your name, sweetheart?’ BUFFALO
b. ‘Lots of girls don’t want to get married at first.’ HUMMINGBIRD’S FATHER
c. ‘You aren’t God!’ HUMMINGBIRD
d. ‘All animals believe the computer is God.’ THE COMPUTER
e. ‘I could kiss you!’ HUMMINGBIRD
Match a Number from A with a Letter from B
A
1. C The Star Zoo left Earth because …
2. E The Earth was hot because …
3. A A group of people made the Star Zoo …
4. D They made different rooms in the Star Zoo …
5. B They used an old computer …
B
a. … out of old plastic bottles.
b. … to control the spaceship.
c. … it was too hot.
d. … because animals live in different ways.
e. … there was too much pollution.
Put the Following Events in Order (1-10)
a. 4 He almost believed her because her robot told the same story.
b. 1 Hummingbird took her spaceship to New Earth.
c. 8 Hummingbird was sent to prison.
d. 5 She showed a robot animal to the Star Council.
e. 9 She started to look after some children.
f. 3 She told an official about The Star Zoo.
g. 2 She went to the Star Council building.
h. 10 The children liked the robot animal.
i. 6 The Star Council official destroyed it with his laser gun.
j. 7 They started to go crazy.
Complete the Following Sentences
a. Hummingbird had to marry Buff because HE ASKED HER ON REMEMBERING NIGHT.
b. Buff found Hummingbird because HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER EYES.
c. Hummingbird ran away at the wedding because SHE DIDN’T WANT TO MARRY BUFF.
d. The first animal she saw in the Star Zoo was A WOLF (HOO-WOO).
e. The animals in the Star Zoo thought that the computer WAS GOD.
Choose the Best Answer
Multiple Choice Section
1. Hummingbird lived on a planet called _____.
d [ ] Just Like Home
2. On Remembering Night everyone put something that _____ on the fire.
b [ ] they loved
3. On Remembering Night the people had to wear _____.
c [ ] black clothes
4. About _____ people danced round the fire.
a [ ] a thousand
5. Hummingbird danced round the fire with her _____.
a [ ] father
6. Hummingbird was happy to be with everybody, but sad that _____.
c [ ] they were alone
7. A woman must marry anyone who asks her on Remembering Night by order of _____.
a [ ] the Star Council
8. Hummingbird told Buff that her name was _____.
d [ ] Caterpillar
9. Hummingbird’s father said she must ask her robot for _____.
c [ ] a wedding dress
10. The Star Council said they should get married _____ and have children.
d [ ] as often as possible
Characters
11. Hummingbird was _____ years old.
b [ ] sixteen
12. Hummingbird’s clothes had the name of her _____ on them.
b [ ] name-animal
13. Hummingbird didn’t want to get married to a _____ man like Buff.
a [ ] horrible old
14. Buff had _____ eyes.
d [ ] small mean
15. Buff wanted to take a robot with him to the Star Zoo because robots _____.
b [ ] never lie
16. Hummingbird was _____ as she first walked towards a tree on the Star Zoo.
a [ ] frightened
17. The Computer was _____ years old.
d [ ] twenty thousand
18. The Star Council official destroyed the robot animal with his _____.
d [ ] laser gun
19. The robot made the baby animal _____, like the real animal.
c [ ] warm
20. The children Hummingbird and the robot looked after in the Star Council were all _____.
b [ ] less than four years old
Dialogue
21. ‘You can’t be a child forever. Lots of girls don’t want to get married at first.’
a [ ] Hummingbird’s father
22. ‘Did you know that everybody’s eyes are different? Nobody has eyes like yours.’
b [ ] Buff
23. ‘Why are people running towards us?’
b [ ] the spaceship
24. ‘You aren’t God! You’re just a computer! Just a strange old computer!’
a [ ] Hummingbird
25. ‘We will take the animals to different planets. Planets everywhere in the galaxy.’
d [ ] Hummingbird
26. ‘I didn’t know if you were dead or alive! It’s been a week!’
c [ ] Hummingbird’s mother
27. ‘Not human? Looks very human.’
a [ ] the Computer
28. ‘Humans enjoy playing with animals. Find an animal which enjoys playing with humans.’
c [ ] the Computer
29. ‘I will use real fur on the outside. But I need some metal. Where can I find metal?’
c [ ] the robot
30. ‘If other people know about the Star Zoo, there will be killing. People will be killed.’
a [ ] the President
Vocabulary
31. an animal like a small horse, with long ears
c [ ] donkey
32. a very big group of millions of stars
a [ ] galaxy
33. a large, strange animal or person that is very frightening
c [ ] monster
34. the being that some people believe made the world
b [ ] God
35. a very high sound which humans cannot hear
c [ ] ultrasonic
36. a long narrow hole which goes from one place to another
a [ ] tunnel
37. a plant which is used to make bread
d [ ] wheat
38. a large round thing in space, which goes round the sun or any other star
b [ ] planet
39. a young cat
d [ ] kitten
40. a light, strong material made in factories
a [ ] plastic
Plot
41. Buff had a small camera and took a photo of _____.
d [ ] Hummingbird’s eyes
42. People polluted Earth and it became too _____ for animals to live.
b [ ] hot
43. Hummingbird left her planet _____.
a [ ] in a robot spaceship
44. When Hummingbird first saw an animal she wanted to _____.
c [ ] destroy it
45. Hummingbird was surprised that the computer worked because it _____.
a [ ] looked so very old
46. The animals were frightened of the computer because _____.
b [ ] it made ultrasonic sound
47. Hummingbird wanted _____ to come with her and see the Star Zoo.
c [ ] Buff
48. A robot could do anything except _____.
d [ ] think
49. The children enjoyed playing with _____.
c [] the kitten
50. The robot had a second robot animal in _____.
b [] his stomach