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CHAPTERS 1-5
Reading Check
1. What killed Rick’s living sheep?
2. What was the cause of World War Terminus?
3. What were the first androids built for?
4. Which android models are nearly indistinguishable from humans?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What is the conflict as presented through the opening scene? What problems do Iran and Rick face?
2. Who is Isidore, and what does he struggle with?
3. What are the stakes of the Voight-Kampff Test that Rick must perform at the Seattle Rosen Company Headquarters?
4. What is the impact of changing Rachel’s pronoun from “her” to “it” in Chapter 5?
Paired Resource
“Segregating the Chickenheads”
CHAPTERS 6-9
Reading Check
1. What does Isidore not make distinctions between?
2.
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