Setting
When "The Last Dog" begins, where is Brock?
Inside the dome, near the custom's gate.
What is the one label used to identify an internal conflict?
Man vs. Self
Who is the author of "The Last Dog"?
Katherine Paterson
Provide a school appropriate example of something that is threatening.
answers will vary
What does Brock do to try and provoke Brog?
Pinches him.
Steps on his paw.
Bites his tail.
Brock indicates that he received clearance from his podmaster and Research Team to leave the dome. What does this reveal about life INSIDE the dome?
Life inside the dome is restrictive, controlling, or protective.
Name two labels, other than Man vs. Man, that identify types of external conflicts.
Man vs. Beast
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Machine
Man vs. Society
What is the genre of "The Last Dog"?
Fiction
What two species did Brock believe were extinct?
Dogs and trees
On what two sources does Brock rely for his understanding of the outside world?
The "ancient fictions" and "the virtuals"
What has Brock learned through watching virtuals, about life on the outside?
It is dangerous or toxic. The air and water aren't safe. Trees and dogs are extinct.
Provide an example from the text to illustrate Brock's internal struggle of feeling different than the others with which he lives.
People laugh at him when he expresses a desire to go outside.
People judge him when he reads the "ancient fictions".
Identify the narrator or point of view of "The Last Dog".
3rd person pov
How did Brock account for Brog's ability to breathe outside air and drink fresh water?
Brock believes Brog may have mutated to adapt to the circumstances.
Aside from misinformation, what keeps the dome-dwellers on the inside?
Fear.
The use of computerized communication systems, robopets, and other high-tech devices, suggests what about the time period in which the story is set?
It is futuristic.
Brock is at conflict with the scientists and researchers in the dome after he returns from the outside. Explain the conflict.
Others feel threatened by Brog and Brock. They feel as though Brog and Brock's exposure to Brog may compromise the health and well-being of others in the dome. Others express a desire to experiment on or discard Brog. Brock doesn't see Brog as a threat. He wants to protect Brog.
How is Brock's internal conflict of loneliness resolved?
He bonds with Brog and feels a mutual sense of affection.
How does the suffix -tion change a verb like mutate?
It creates the noun form of the word.
Why does Brock find the connection between the puppy and its mother unusual?
Brock doesn't necessarily understand a bond between a child and its mother because dome-dwellers don't have mothers and are created in test tubes in a lab.
In what ways is the dome in which Brock lives similar to the dome on the side of a Hawaiian volcano in which actual researchers are living trying to simulate life in space?
Research is being conducted. People live an isolated existence. Other answers may be considered.
How does Brock ultimately resolve the conflict he faces with the scientists and researchers in the dome?
He tricks them into becoming fearful. He leads them to believe that he and Brog have rabies and pose a threat to others' safety. As a result, Brock and Brog are released from the dome.
What is the one thing that both kept Brock in the dome and frees him from the dome?
Fear.
Identify the noun form of each of the following and what it means:
introduce
admit
Introduce---introduction: a meeting between people in which they learn each other's identities
Admit---admission: a statement acknowledging the truth OR the process of being allowed in to something or some place.
Identify one way in which dome-dwellers have been dehumanized and rely on technology in the outside world.
Dome-dwellers rely on scanners to tell them how they're feeling.