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Vocab
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Concepts
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Thinking
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What’s the definition of wonderment?
Feeling of surprise
or astonishment
Row 1, Col 1
How long did the zoo stay in the Chicago area?
6 hours
1,2
How do the humans on Earth react to people from
Kaan?
Horrified and fascinated
by these strange creatures/Was
definitely worth $1
1,3
What is the characters name who is in charge of the Zoo?
Professor Hugo
1,4
What’s the definition of awe?
Mixed feelings of fear
and wonder
2,1
Why do the inhabitants of Earth and Kaan say that this
has been the “very best Zoo”
Both groups felt the zoo
was worth the money spent.
2,2
How much do the people of Earth pay to see the
interplanetary zoo?
One dollar/$1
2,3
Who is the author of “The Zoo”
Edward Hoch
2,4
What’s the definition of garments? Use garments in a
sentence.
Clothes
3,1
How does the she-creature from Kaan react when her
mate and offspring come home?
She babbles happily
and rushes to hug them
3,2
What do the horse spiders find strange about the people
on Earth?
They wear clothes
and walk on two legs
3,3
How do Kaan people react to people from Earth?
Enjoyed the Zoo/It
Was well worth the money
3,4
What’s the definition of babbled? Use babbled in a
sentence.
Murmured, talked foolishly
or too much
4,1
In the entire trip, the little horse spider especially
enjoyed?
Earth/People on Earth
4,2
Why did ten thousand people go to see the zoo in
Chicago?
People wanted to see the
Interesting creatures
4,3
What purpose to the bars on the cage serve?
To keep the Horse
Spiders contained/To protect
Horse Spiders from people
4,4
What’s the definition of interplanetary? Use
interplanetary in a sentence.
Between planets
5,1
How do the horse spiders view the cages that separate
them from visitors?
They believe they protect them
5,2
What does the label “some wild breed of nightmare” say
about how humans view things that look different to
them?
If something looks people
assume they are wild breeds
and cannot be similar
5,3
What is the theme in “The Zoo”
Similar to:
People fear those who are
different from them and so fail
to see how they are similar
5,4
Final Jeopardy
• How much are you wagering?
5,4
Hoch describes different creatures
reacting to one another. What is he
trying to show about people?
• They automatically fear those who are
different from them.