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“Invitation to the Game” Final

Directions:

Read each question.

Use the web links and your knowledge of Monica Hughes’s novel to write a response.

Each answer must be at least a paragraph long (5 Sentences).

Lisse describes all of the characters special talents and interests that aid them in “The Game” and qualify them to participate. If you were a part of “The Game” what special trait would you contribute for survival? How would that trait help for survival? What traits wouldn’t be helpful?

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Throughout your life you are given freedom to choose where you live, what your job will be, who you hang out with, and even what you wear. What if the government told you that you no longer had the right to make these choices and they decided your future? How would that make you feel? When has this happened in the past? (Hint: Think about the ghettos and current events in France.)

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Have you ever received or won a prize? Is it closer in size to “Prize” in the novel, or the prize from one of the web links?

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How would you feel if you were replaced by a robot? Do you think you could be?

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If you could lead the colonization of another planet, who would you take with you? Why? (No celebrities, sports stars, or famous people! Not even “The Game!”)

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2005-11-22

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