Sentry
by Frederic Brown
Name: _______________________
Before Reading
1. What is a “sentry”?
2. Based on the picture on page 292, what do you predict the story will be about?
Vocabulary
1. sacred ground
2. hideous
3. repulsive
4. colonization
5. negotiate
6. infiltrate
7. “to draw a bead”
Reading Questions: answer in full sentences.
1. Who is the narrator?
2. Who is the alien?
3. Describe the setting of the story. Provide three specific examples from the story.
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4. What is the main type of conflict in the story?
5. How does the author make us empathize with or feel sympathy for the narrator? Find
quotes from the story to support your answer.
Your interpretation
Quotes from the story
6. Identify and explain the irony.
7. Author Frederic Brown does not overtly state a theme, but he hints at a view of human nature
or an attitude towards people. What do you think his point is in the story?