Eye of the Beholder

What makes Janet Tyler an outcast in her society?

• She is terribly ill.
• She believes in a different religion.
• She looks different.
• She can’t walk.

What is the very first thing Janet says she can remember?

• Seeing clouds overhead.
• The smell of a hospital room.
• Hearing another child screaming when she looked at her.
• The feel of bandages on her face.

The doctors’ and nurse’s attitude toward Janet can best be described as:

• Rude
• Sympathetic
• Angry
• Businesslike

Janet is told that if the treatment doesn’t work she will move to an area where people of her kind are “congregated”. Miss. Tyler compares the word congregated to the word:

• Segregated
• Treated
• Helped
• Fed

In this society, who determines what happens to outcasts like Miss Tyler?

• The government
• The hospitals
• Her doctor
• Each individual person

Plot is what the characters do, but theme is the lesson or moral underlying the plot. What is one possible theme this story presents?

• Family is important.
• Crime does not pay.
• Society creates expectations for us all.
• Love conquers all.

The title of the story is “The Eye of the Beholder”. What could be another title?

• The Different Ones
• The Hospital Stay
• A Private World of Darkness
• Faces in the Dark

If you were to categorize the plot’s main conflict, what might it be?

• Man vs Man
• Good vs Evil
• Mankind’s desire to explore
• Man vs Society

Read the doctor's statement below from "The Eye of the Beholder" episode:

"One of the alternatives, just in case the treatment is not successful, is to allow you to move into a special area in which people of your kind have congregated."

Used in context, what is the best meaning of the word "congregated"?

• The protagonist goes to pray at church.

• The protagonist is sent to live with other deformed individuals.

• The protagonist and others are put to death for being different.

• The protagonist is thrown in jail until she can pay back all the surgeries.

How is the title "The Eye of the Beholder" related to the theme?

• The phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" means that what one person finds ugly, another may find attractive.

• The phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" means that each person must change their appearance to fit in.

• The phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" shows how cruel fate can be for men and women who aren't normal.

• The phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" means that people who are beautiful get special privileges.