Theme
What is our main character's name
Bobby
What is the Hibernation Instinct?
This is the name of the strange event causing people to sleep for months.
What evidence proves someone is abnormal (or like a freak)?
This word describes how Bobby feels about being different early in the story.
What is slumber?
This word means “sleep.”
How is our world different from their Bobby's world
This detail best shows Bobby’s world is different from ours: people sleep for 6 months.
Why does Bobby feel like a freak?
Bobby first feels this negative way about being awake when others sleep.
What is six months long?
People are expected to sleep for about this long.
How does our character feel lonely?
Bobby feels this way when he realizes he may be the only one awake.
What is resistance?
This word means “the ability to prevent something from affecting you.”
What can we infer when Booby's dad has to drive at night?
It's going to be risky or dangerous because he is supposed to be hibernating
What happens to prove the theme of save/protect the world?
By the end of the story, Bobby realizes his difference allows him to do this.
Why do they go to the hospital?
Bobby’s parents take him to this place because he cannot sleep.
What evidence proves that someone is proud (or heroic)?
This is how Bobby feels after he scares away the aliens.
What is insomniac?
This word describes someone who cannot sleep easily.
What heals diseases and improves the world
The doctor believes the Sleep will do this for humanity.
What happens to prove one person can make a difference?
This message explains why Bobby staying awake matters for everyone else.
Why do they almost crash the car (or drifting into the curb)?
This nearly happens while Bobby’s dad is driving.
Explain how Bobby’s feelings change from the beginning to the end of the story.
He starts off feeling like a freak and wishing he were normal, but by the end he realizes that being different makes him important because he saves the world.
What is succumb?
This word means “to give in.”
What happens because a character is awake (or resistant to the Instinct)?
Bobby is able to stop the aliens because he is this.
What happens to prove differences can become strengths in difficult situations?
This theme connects Bobby’s struggle and the alien invasion.
People don't need to eat or drink and it cures diseases and injuries.
How is the doctor’s point of view different from Bobby’s in relation to the HIBERATION INSTINCT?
The doctor believes the Sleep is safe and beneficial, while Bobby is worried it is dangerous and unnatural.
What is hardy constitution?
This phrase means strong and healthy.
What is the psychic power?
The aliens misunderstand Bobby’s resistance as this powerful ability.