The Book that Saved the Earth
The Book that Saved the Earth Extract Based Questions (4 marks each) Question 1. You haven’t heard about the Martian invasion of book 2040 ? Tsk, tsk. What do they teach children now-a- days ? Well, you know, the invasion never really happened, because a single book stopped it. What was the book, you ask ? A noble encyclopaedia ? (a) Which Martian invasion is being referred to here ? (b) Which book stopped the invasion ? (c) What is an ‘encyclopaedia’ ? (d) Name the chapter and the author. Answer: (a) Here, a historian is telling the students how the earth has been invaded by Martians in 2040/twenty first century. (b) It was the book of nursery rhymes. (c) Encyclopaedia is a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically. (d) ‘The Book that saved the Earth’ is written by Claire Boiko. Question 2. Yes, yes I understand now. Since Earth creatures are always eating, the place in which you find yo...