"Who Can Replace a Man?" Review

At the start of "Who Can Replace a Man?" what is the setting?

• a green, lush hillside

• a gray, worn out field

• a barren, cracked wasteland

• a remote mountain cave

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CCSS.RL.7.3

What clue does the author of "Who Can Replace a Man?" give to suggest that the field-minder is not human?

• He makes the field-minder roll, not walk.

• He gives the field-minder clicking noises.

• He refers to the field-minder as "it".

• He calls the field-minder a robot.

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In "Who Can Replace a Man?" what prevents the seed-distributor from giving seed potatoes to the field-minder?

• Its arms have become locked in place.

• The machine that unlocks the storage area has not arrived.

• The seed potatoes have been poisoned by chemicals.

• There are no seed potatoes left.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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CCSS.W.7.9A

In "Who Can Replace a Man?" why does the field-minder turn over topsoil when the land should have time to rest between plantings?

• It thinks the land can produce a crop.

• It is forced to work by the penner.

• It loves its work.

• It follows the orders it was given.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

In "Who Can Replace a Man?" why do some machines in the station yard shout and hoot?

• They are playing a game after work.

• They are starting a revolution.

• They have had no orders about work.

• They are laughing at the field-minder.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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CCSS.W.7.9A

In "Who Can Replace a Man?" how is the penner different from the field-minder?

• It is smaller and does clerical work.

• It is smaller and works in the city.

• It has a Class One Brain.

• It can read maps.

In "Who Can Replace a Man?" what has happened to the humans?

• They have started a world war.

• They are all living in the city.

• They have died of starvation.

• They have left for another planet.

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CCSS.W.7.9A

In "Who Can Replace a Man?" what are machines with a higher-class brain able to do?

• They can move easily over the land.

• They have larger vocabularies and think ahead.

• They can read instructions and discuss strategy.

• They have a sense of humor.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

In "Who Can Replace a Man?" why do the machines release the radio operator from its room?

• because it orders them to release it

• because they are friends with it

• because they want to smash its building

• because they want its company

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How does the geography change as the machines in "Who Can Replace a Man?" travel cross-country?

• The fields become lusher.

• The climate gets warmer.

• The land becomes cracked and eroded.

• The machines cross shallow rivers.

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