| 1. | The society that you are reading about has many flaws. List the flaws. Which are the worst. Which ones do we have in our society? |
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| 2. | Imagine you are archeologist attempting to uncover the history behind Spaz's world. What are the most interesting things you think youd find? |
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| 3. | What do you believe to be the author's purpose for writing the book. Is a story with a message or just an adventure? |
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| 4. | Imagine a world where writing and reading do not exist. How would life be different? |
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| 5. | Besides Spaz, who would you consider to be the most important character in this book? Why? |
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| 6. | How did Spaz get his name? |
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| 7. | Ask students to identify places where they find writing (e.g., movies, menus, books, articles, speeches, ads). |
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| 8. | What events would you want to preserve through writing? |
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| 9. | How are mindprobes similar to books? How does reading or writing allow you to escape from the real world? |
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| 10. | Ryter never finishes writing his book. He tells Spaz, You're the last book in the universe. Tell students that they will be writing a chapter from Spaz's book. Brainstorm ideas for this original chapter with the class. |
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| 11. | Which of the renegade groups that Spaz and Ryter encounter did you like the most? Why? |
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| 12. | If you lived in Eden would you ever want to venture into the less perfect world?? Why did Lanaya venture out from Eden? |
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| 13. | What would the the last book in the universe that you would select to be saved? |
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