BOMsamplequestions

=**__Sample Questions__**= If you're answering the questions for the first month's assignment, this is an example of how to approach them. I filled these out for a book I read.

1. What is the title and who is author of your book?

__Tau Zero__ by Paul Anderson

2. What is the setting of your selection? (time, place, and mood.)

The novel takes place in the future on a space ship. The mood starts out optimistic and then becomes dark and scary.

3. What is the basic situation of the text? (Identify the characters or people involved and the conflict that occurred.) The basic situation is that there is a space ship going out of control faster and faster through time and space and they can’t slow down. There are many characters including an ineffectual captain, a mean but effective police officer and the girl he loves.

4. What is the climax or the highest point of interest?

The climax of the story is when they fix the ship and figure out how to slow down in time to find a new home.

5. What is final resolution? (Identify what happens at the end.) The final resolution is when the crew finds a new home, the police officer and his girlfriend can be together and he decides not to be the only ruler of the people.

6. What is the conflict? (Identify if the conflict is external or internal and why.)

The external conflict is considered man vs. nature. The crew tries to stop the space ship. The internal conflict is man vs. man. The people have to learn to live with their problems without committing suicide.

7. From what point of view is the selection written and why do you think this style was chosen?

This book is written in third person point of view. It is best written in this style because it describes all of the characters and what each of them happens to be feeling. There isn’t only one person telling the story.

8. What is the theme or important message of the reading selection?

The theme of this book is that if everyone works together, we can accomplish anything. The crew of the run-away spaceship overcomes incredible odds by working together.

9. Why is this text important to read? What lessons have you learned? The story is important because it illustrates light speed travel and the Big Bang Theory very well. I’ve learned how light speed travel won’t help us explore the universe and will not allow us to report back our findings in time for it to make sense for those left behind.

10. Would you recommend this book to someone else in this class? Why or why not?

I’d recommend this book to anyone who likes science and science fiction. It’s really interesting in terns of light speed and the Big Bang. However, if you really enjoy reading about memorable and interesting characters, this isn’t the book for you. Its characters are mostly flat and lifeless.

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