Vocabulary
What does the word “lonely” mean?
Feeling unhappy, empty, or isolated due to a lack of meaningful human connection.
Why is Hummy unhappy when her father tells her she must get married?
She is too young, doesn't want to marry Buff, and doesn't want to leave her father.
What is the name of Hummy's planet?
Just Like Home.
What is Hummingbird's nickname?
Hummy.
Complete the sentence: “I ___ sixteen years old.”
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Hummy says the trees were “covered with green leaves.” What does “covered” mean in this sentence?
Having something all over or on the surface of something.
What does Hummy do to avoid her wedding?
She runs away.
What is unusual about Hummy's world?
The people believe that humans are the only living beings in the Galaxy.
Who is Buff?
Buffalo, the person Hummy is expected to marry.
Change this sentence to the past tense: “Hummy runs away.”
Hummy ran away.
What is the difference between “afraid” and “curious”? Which two feelings does Hummy experience when she first discovers something unfamiliar?
Afraid means feeling scared; curious means wanting to know or discover something. Hummy feels both.
Why does Hummy go inside the spaceship?
She is trying to escape and find a way out of her situation.
Where do people in Hummy's world learn about animals?
They learn about them from the Book of Remembering.
Why does Hummy not want to marry Buff?
She does not want to get married and does not want to leave her father and her life.
Correct the sentence: “Hummy didn't knew that the animals were real.”
Hummy didn't know that the animals were real.
In context, what does “unfamiliar” mean? Why would the animals be unfamiliar to Hummy?
Something not known or recognized. The animals are unfamiliar because Hummy has never seen real animals before.
What happens when Hummy first encounters the small grey animal?
The animal bites her finger, and Hummy becomes frightened.
What does Hummy find when she goes through the tunnel?
She finds a natural environment with trees, plants, strange smells, and living animals.
How is Hummy different from the people who simply accept what they have been taught?
She questions what she has been told and wants to discover the truth for herself.
Combine these sentences using because: “Hummy was frightened. She had never seen a living animal.”
Answer: Hummy was frightened because she had never seen a living animal.
The word “discover” can mean more than simply “find.” Explain what Hummy discovers in Chapters 1–4 and why this is an important meaning of the word.
She discovers that living animals actually exist and that the world is different from what she has been taught. She learns something previously unknown to her, rather than merely finding an object.
How does Hummy's discovery of the animals challenge what she has been taught?
She has been taught that humans are alone and that animals are only things described in the Book of Remembering. Seeing real animals makes her question what she has been taught and realize that the world may be very different from what she believed.
Why does the natural environment Hummy discovers seem frightening to her even though it might seem normal to us?
Hummy has never experienced nature or seen real animals before. Things that are normal to us are completely unfamiliar to her, so she sees them as strange and dangerous.
What does Hummy’s decision to run away instead of accepting her marriage to Buff tell us about her character?
It shows that Hummy is independent and strong-willed. She does not simply accept what others decide for her and is willing to take a risk to choose her own future.
Question: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb:
“Hummy ___ never seen a real animal before.”
Answer: had — “Hummy had never seen a real animal before.”